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==Etymology== The bridge has been alternatively known as '''Bridge House Bridge''' and '''Lower Bridge''', with ''Bridge House'' referring to a house which stood nearby on the current site of [[Hornchurch Stadium]].<ref name="introduction"/> The placename ''[[Upminster]]'' is first recorded in 1062 as ''Upmynstre'' and is recorded in the 1086 [[Domesday Book]].<ref name="mills">{{cite book | surname=Mills | first=D. | title=Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names | year=2000 | publisher=Oxford}}</ref> It is formed from [[Old English]] ''upp'' and ''mynster'', possibly meaning the large church on high ground, above the valley of the Ingrebourne.<ref name="mills"/> However, it may also indicate the position of an Anglo-Saxon minster secondary to those at Barking or Tilbury.<ref name="blair">Blair, John (2005). The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society. Oxford University Press. p. 102.</ref>
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