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Rose Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Chigwell

Historical Forms

  • Rosebrig(g)e Croft t.Hy8 Rental
  • Roose brydge 1550 EASxi

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Rosebrig (g )e Croft t. Hy 8Rental , Roose brydge 1550 EAS xi . Possibly identical with Rice Bridge infra 336 , which is Rosebridge or Risbridge in 1589 . ' Brushwood causeway , ' v. hris , and cf. RiceBridge (PN Sx 258) .