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.

Bull Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Penkridge

Historical Forms

  • (le) Bold(e) brugge 1375 Vernon
  • the Bouldbridge 1587 Extent

Etymology

, 1398Ct , 1814EnclA , (le ) Bold (e )brugge 1375Vernon , the Bouldbridge 1587Extent , named from Bold supra , v. brycg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site