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Listed in the Doomesday Book as the small settlement of Brugie, there has been much debate over the origins of the towns name. A favorite, being from Walter's Bridge after the holder of the manor one Walter Douai, can be discounted because he almost certainly did not build a bridge across the River Parrett.

More recently it has been suggested the name derives from the Old English for a gang plank placed from ship to shore - brycg - or even from the Norse term for a quay or jetty- bryggia, but even this has been disputed.

Whatever the origins of its name, Bridgwater can boast a fascinating history well documented from its beginnings in around 800AD through to the present day.