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Full record: Piercebridge
| County | Durham |
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| Transcript | persbrig |
| Icon description | single building |
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| Description | faded |
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| Etymology | ME pershe, 'twig, withe' (?) + OE brycg, 'bridge' |
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| Earlier editors | Piercebridge is wrongly sited on the south bank of the Tees. A bridge is shown over the river at this point (Parsons) |
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| Overwritten | no |
| Attested spelling | Persebrige 1104-8 Symeon of Durham, 1207 F.P.D. |
