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.

Burford Ray Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Hitchin

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Burfordfelde 1459 Cl , Burford Ray 1650ParlSurv . Presumably Ray is an old name for the River Oughton , v. ea .