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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.

Oxbridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Netherbury

Historical Forms

  • Oxe Bridge 1566 Hutch3 1682 DCMCt
  • Oxbridge 1626 ib

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Oxe Bridge 1566Hutch3, 1682DCMCt , Oxbridge 1626ib , cf. Oxbridge Md , Ox Plot 1839TA and foll. , v. oxa , brycg ; this is at a crossing of R . Brit .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement