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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ray Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Gargrave

Historical Forms

  • Raybridg banck Chas1 Rent
  • Raybrigge 1685 Skp

Etymology

, Raybridg banck Chas 1Rent , Raybrigge 1685Skp 3 , possibly ' roe ' or ' boundary ' , v. brycg ; it may have originally denoted a bridge across Eshton Beck , which forms the township boundary .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site