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Survey of English Place-Names

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Summer Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Somerbrig(g)e 1536 Testvi 1540 Fount 1615 FF
  • Sum(m)erbridge 1658,1677 PRHmp

Etymology

, Somerbrig (g )e 1536 Test vi, 1540 Fount, 1615 FF, Sum(m)erbridge 1658, 1677 PRHmp , possibly ' a bridge used in summer ' ( v. sumor , brycg ) , but more probably the surname Summer .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site