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.

Vale Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Keymer

Historical Forms

  • Valebridge 1573 Rowe

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is recorded as Valebridge in 1573 (Rowe) ; it perhaps takes its name from the family of Thomas Vale of Wivelsfield , mentioned in the Court Bks of South Malling ( 1410 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement