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.

Priest's Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Brinklow

Historical Forms

  • le Prestes bruge c.1400 Combe

Etymology

is le Prestes bruge c. 1400Combe . These two names probably have reference to the monks of Combe Abbey . Kenilworth also had land in the parish .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement