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Briggate Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Messingham

Etymology

, cf. Briggate 1634, 1686, 1745, 1755Terrier , brygge gate 1577–80Terrier , Briggate 1679Terrier , Brig gate 1697Terrier , Brigg gate 1706, 1718Terrier , cf. Crosse Brigg Gate 1706ib , ' the road to the bridge ' , v. brycg in a Scandinavianised form , gata , as elsewhere in the parish .