The trowbridge Surname
trowbridge Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Trowbridge in Wiltshire, named from
Old English treow ‘tree’ + brycg ‘bridge’; the name
probably referred to a felled trunk serving as a rough-and-ready
bridge.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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