[Image: Fragment of the Gough Map]
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Full record: Uxbridge

County Surrey
Transcript Waxsbrigg
Icon description single building
Icons
  • building
Description flaking ink
Appearances
  • flaking ink
Etymology possibly a tribal name Wixan + OE brycg, 'bridge'
Translation
Earlier editors Wichsbrige (Gough); weysbryg (OS 1935)
Early Maps uxbrig (Angliae Figura)
Overwritten yes
Attested spelling Woxbrygge 1415 Pat; no spellings with -a-