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Survey of English Place-Names

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Medbridge Covert

Other OS name in the Parish of Elmore

Historical Forms

  • Meadbridges 1841 TA

Etymology

, Meadbridges 1841TA , probably ' meadow broken up for cultivation ' , v. mǣd , brēc .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement