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Brigstead Scar

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Bridge stead 1843 TA

Etymology

, Bridge stead 1843TA , ' site of a bridge ' , v. brycg , stede , a scar named from Oxenthwaite Bridge across the Belah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name