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.

Chequers Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Gloucester

Historical Forms

  • Chequers 1830 M

Etymology

, Chequers 1830 M , ' chequered plot of land ' , from ME  cheker , cf. Chequer Field (YWii, 80) .