English Place-name Society

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.

Dirty Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Cutsdean

Historical Forms

  • Dirtybritch Pool 1777 EnclA

Etymology

, Dirtybritch Pool 1777EnclA , v. brēc ' land broken upfor cultivation ' ; for the form cf. Newbridge (iii, 8infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement