Bridge vs Mere

Bridge

name
  • A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1854). Recorded as Brige in 1086 (DB), from Old English brycg. 

  • A habitational surname for someone living near a bridge or at a location called Bridge or Bridges 

  • A toponymic surname for someone from Bruges 

  • An unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, named for a river bridge. 

  • An occupational surname for a bridgekeeper 

Mere

name
  • A village and civil parish in northern Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7381). 

  • A small town and civil parish with a town council in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8132). 

  • A sub-municipality in East Flanders, Belgium. 

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