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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ton Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Gussage All Saints

Historical Forms

  • Tunbridge 1791 Boswell

Etymology

, Tunbridge 1791Boswell , probably ' bridge belonging to the village ' , v. tūn , cf. Tonmede 1294Queens , Tun mede n.d. (1372) ChrP , Tun Md 1841TA , from the same first el . with mǣd ' meadow ' , and cf. John atte Tounesende 1318Queens , Richard atte Toneshende 1332 SR , ' at the end of the village ' , v. ende 1 .