English Explanatory Dictionary

Bridgwater

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3037).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Bridgwater Bridgwaters Bridgewater

Etymology

Recorded as Brigewaltier in the Pipe rolls, the town's name derives from Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + the personal name Walter, from the local landowner Walter of Douai.

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