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Survey of English Place-Names

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Horbury Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Horbery breg 1499 Testiv
  • Horbery brigge 1635 Comm

Etymology

, 1616 PRThl , Horbery breg 1499 Test iv, Horbery brigge 1635Comm , v. brycg ; this bridge carries the Wakefield - Huddersfleld road over the Calder .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site