Snailsbreach Fm, Snail's Bridge
Other OS name in the Parish of Morden
Historical Forms
- claus' voc' Snaylesbreche 1422 Midd
- claus' voc' Snallys Breche 1550 ib
- Snails Bridge Cl 1846 TA
Etymology
, claus ' voc ' Snaylesbreche 1422Midd , claus ' voc ' Snallys Breche 1550ib , Snails Bridge Cl 1846TA , v. brǣc ' land brokenup for cultivation ' ; the first el . is OE snægl ' snail ' , here possibly used as a pers. n. , cf. Snailslinch Sr 173 . The form Snail 's Bridge may be partly due to popular etymology , although there is in fact a bridge here .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Beacon Hill
- Bloxworth Bog
- Boar Hill Lodge
- Brimland Wd
- Brooks Fm
- Hr Bulbury Fm, Bulbury Plant.
- Cannon Clump
- Chalk Pits
- Chapel Wd
- Charborough Park
- Chitten Hill
- Church
- Church
- Cockett Hill (Gate)
- Cold Barrow
- Collins's Lane
- Duke's Hill
- Eagle Plant.
- East Coppice
- Everett's Wd
- Forty Acre Bottom
- Frogmoor (Coppice)
- Fry's Wd
- Furze Hill
- Gallop's Lane
- Giles's Lane
- Goodwin's Lane
- Heron Coppice
- Hill Fm
- Morden Park (Ctgs)
- Round Ho, Round Ho Plant.
- Green Lane
- Higher Pond
- Hunting Bridge
- E Morden Drove & E Morden Withy Bed. W Morden Bog & W Morden Fm
- Sandhill Clump
- The Hang
- Hawk Wd
- Hazel Coppice
- High Wood Ctg
- The Kennels
- Kidney Clump
- Lobbett's Barrow
- Longcutter's Coppice
- Lousley Wd
- Lower St
- Marsh Bridge & Marsh Wd
- Mill Bog
- Miller's Fm, Miller's Corner Plant.
- Mill Pond
- Morden Brickyard
- Morden Mill
- New Barn
- New Lane
- New Plant.
- Old Nursery
- Paradise Lane
- Park Corner
- Peacock Lodge
- The Peak
- Pound Wd
- Pump Ho
- Quarr Hill
- Sandy Knap
- Saw Mill
- Scutt's Gate
- Shrubbetts
- Square Clump
- Stone Pit
- Well Ho
- Whitmore Bottom
- Wire Drove
- West Withy Bed