Finchley Bridge
Other OS name in the Parish of East Norton
Historical Forms
- Fynchefordebrig 1375 Nichols
- Fynchefordebrigge 1376 For
Etymology
, 1801 Map , 1846, 1863, 1877 White ; earlier it is Fynchefordebrig 1375 Nichols,Fynchefordebrigge 1376For , cf. Finchesford '1227 ClR , Fincheford 1266, 1269For , Hy 3 Nichols and atte brigge 1377 SR (p) , atte brugge 1377 ib (p) ( v. atte ) ; originally ' ford frequented by finches ' and later ' thebridge at Fincheford ' , v. finc , ford , brycg . The modern form Finchley may be a corruption of the older name or may represent an unrecorded Finchley nearby .