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.

Pelham Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Wrawby

Etymology

( lost ) , 1828 Bry , named from the Pelham family , Earls of Yarborough , which owned land in the parish , e.g. C . A . Pelham , Esq , 1767Stubbs and v. Yarb 5/1/66 , 1832 .