Bridgwater

Significat

1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3037).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Etimologia

Recorded as Brigewaltier in the Pipe rolls, the town's name derives from Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + the personal name Walter, from the local landowner Walter of Douai.

Sents

It is named after the town of Bridgwater in the English county of Somerset .