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Till Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Scampton

Historical Forms

  • pons que vocatur Tilbrig 1313 KR
  • Tilbrigge 1353 Works
  • Tilbrigg' 1363 Works
  • pontes vocati Tilbrigges 1367 Works 1369 Works 1373 Works 1381 Works
  • that bridges called Tilbryg' 1372 Cl
  • Tylbrigg' 1384 Works
  • Tillbridge 16 Amcotts 1627–9 WillsStow
  • Tillbridge, Tillbridge Inn 1808 Ill

Etymology

, pons que vocatur Tilbrig 1313KR , Tilbrigge 1353Works, Tilbrigg '1363 Works, pontes vocati Tilbrigges 1367 Works, 1369 Works,1373 Works, 1381 Works, that bridges called Tilbryg '1372 Cl, Tylbrigg '1384 Works, Tillbridge 16Amcotts , 1627–9 WillsStow, Tillbridge , Tillbridge Inn 1808 Ill , ' bridge over the River Till ' , v. brycg , forms in -brig , -bryg ' show scandinavianization through the influence of the cognate ON bryggja f . ' a jetty, a quay ' .