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.

Gorbet Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Cadney

Etymology

, 1824 O , perhaps from a local surn . , but note EDD s.v. gorbit , used figuratively of ' a child ' .