English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Tapton Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Tapton

Historical Forms

  • pontem de Taptone 1330 Ass
  • Tapton(n) Bridge 1563 Survey

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , pontem de Taptone 1330Ass ,Tapton (n ) Bridge 1563Survey , v. brycg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement