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.

Bain Brigge

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Etymology

, probably named from a local family of Bainbridge ( 1702, 1804 PR 12, 73 , cf. Bainbridge YN262 ) , as this is the name of a hill - side where there is no bridge .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement