Wadebridge (EN) / Ponswad (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Wadebridge
Hundred: 
Triggshire
Elements: 

pons

Meaning: 
bridge

wad

Meaning: 
[Anglo-Saxon] waed - ford
Elements notes: 
<pons> 'bridge' + AS waed 'ford'
Historic forms: 
Wade 1312, 1360, c1380, 1423, Wadebrygge 1478, c1490, Wadebridge c1540, Wade-bridge 1584.
Cornish (1)
4724_Wadebridge_KW_0.mp3