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.

Briggs Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • Briggs 17–18 PRThl

Etymology

, named from a local family of Briggs (17–18 PRThlfreq ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement