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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bridgefield Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Unstone

Historical Forms

  • the Bridgefeild Wood 1630 Portland

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , the Bridgefeild Wood 1630Portland , cf. ad pontem de Onston 1317 Rel xx(p) , Brige felde 1561Survey , v. brycg , feld .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement