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Survey of English Place-Names

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Tebay Bridge, Fell, & Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • del Brygge 1377 SR

Etymology

( 1649 Kend iii, 25 , del Brygge 1377SR ) ( 1865 OS ) ( 1859OS , cf. also aqua de Tybbey 1199 NB 491 , aquaTybeye 1292Ass 34d ) , v. brycg ( cf. NWm 206 for its history ) , fjall , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement