Kerney Bridge (EN) / Pons Kerni (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
South Hill
Hundred: 
East Wivelshire
Notes: 
Interpreted as <kern> ‘corner’ + <i> river suffix. Possibly due to the meeting of the tributaries on either side. It may be related to Anglo-Saxon <cernan> ‘to churn’. Now shown on maps as Ford.
Elements: 

-i

Meaning: 
stream suffix

kern

Meaning: 
corner

pons

Meaning: 
bridge
Elements notes: 
pons 'bridge' + kern 'corner' + -i river suffix
Historic forms: 
Kearney Bridge 20 Aug. 1489; Kernebrugge 1516; Keyrne Bridge 1566; Kern Bridge 1584; Kerna Bridge 1613