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.

Ox Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Westerleigh

Historical Forms

  • Nox Bridge 1830 M

Etymology

, Nox Bridge 1830 M , v. oxa , brycg , possibly originally a ford - name ( cf. Sheep Bridge i, 34supra ) ; initial N - is due to a wrong analysis of atten ox - ( cf. Phonol. § 45 ) .