stamford bridge

[kopend]

where does stamford bridge get its name from

is it because the old ground was built on stamford creak

or is it something to do with stamford bridge near york

and if so why??

[Haggisdj]

I've always believed it was named after the Battle of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire in 1066 where Harold defeated the Vikings before returning south to fight the Normans.

[craft1948]

have you seen that bridge...............it was lethal until they put traffic lights on it.

[sir.prize]

'Stamford Bridge' is considered to be a corruption of 'Samfordesbrigge' meaning 'the bridge at the sandy ford'. Eighteenth century maps show a 'Stanford Creek' running along the route of what is now a railway line at the back of the East Stand as a tributary of the Thames. The upper reaches of this tributary have been variously known as Billingswell Ditch, Pools Creek and Counters Creek. In mediaeval times the Creek was known as Billingwell Dyche, derived from 'Billing's spring or stream'. It formed the boundary between the parishes of Kensington and Fulham. By the eighteenth century the creek had become known as Counter's Creek which is the name it has retained since.

The stream had two local bridges: Stanford Bridge on the Fulham Road (also recorded as Little Chelsea Bridge) and Stanbridge on the Kings Road, now known as Stanley Bridge.The existing Stamford Bridge was built of brick in 1860–2 and has been partly reconstructed since then.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.o..._Bridge_%28stadium%29