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.

Durbridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Pauntley

Historical Forms

  • Derbridge 1840 TA113

Etymology

, 1830 M , Derbridge 1840TA 113 , v. dēor ' deer ' , brycg ; it might well have been an old ford - name , cf. Sheep Bridge (i, 34supra ) .