Hambridge
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English
Etymology
Perhaps from Old English hān (“projecting stone”) + bryċġ (“bridge”).
Proper noun
Hambridge (countable and uncountable, plural Hambridges)
- A village in Hambridge and Westport parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3921).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Hambridge is the 10214th most common surname in England, belonging to 581 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hambridge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 120.
- Forebears