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Survey of English Place-Names

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Post Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Pleshey

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Portebregg '1351,Pourtebregge in la Perklane 1366, Purtebregge 1404–8, Po (o )rebrege 1498 ib., 1608Rental . At the junction of Park Lane and Water Lane near Town Field infra and not far from Croft Lanesupra 489 . Cf. Poor Bridge infra 549 , port infra 587 and Portbridge (KPN 312) .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement