Editing Bridgwater (section)

==Etymology==
It is thought that the town was originally called Brigg, meaning ''[[quay]]''. It has been argued that the name may instead come from the [[Old English]] ''brycg'' (gang plank) or [[Old Norse]] ''bryggja'' (quay), though this idea has been opposed on etymological grounds.<ref name="arch"/> In the [[Domesday Book]] the town is listed as Brugie, while Brugia was also used. After the [[Normans|Norman]] invasion the land was given to [[Walter of Douai]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Somerset Monasteries |last=Dunning |first=Robert |year=2001 |publisher=Tempus |location=Stroud |isbn=0-7524-1941-2 |page=21 }}</ref> hence becoming known variously as Burgh-Walter, Brugg-Walter and Brigg-Walter, eventually corrupted to Bridgwater. An alternative version is that it derives from "Bridge of Walter" (i.e. Walter's Bridge).<ref>{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Stephen |title=Somerset Place Names |year=1992 |publisher=The Dovecote Press Ltd |location=Wimbourne |isbn=1-874336-03-2}}</ref><ref name="somharbours">{{cite book |title=Somerset Harbours |last=Farr |first=Grahame |year=1954 |publisher=Christopher Johnson |location=London |pages=101–116 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Wedgwood|first=Hensleigh|author-link=Hensleigh Wedgwood|title=On False Etymologies|journal=Transactions of the Philological Society|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3924121;view=1up;seq=77|year=1855|issue=6|pages=67}}</ref>