Getting its name from Walter (de Douai) meaning "burgh of walter"
there were many methods of spelling 1st being Brugie-Walter—the bridge of walter
gradually accepted as the name of the town itself BRIDGWATER
in latin 16th century the name meaning Aquoe Pons—literally, Bridge-water
The Castle
Built between 1200 & 1210 by William de Bruere
covering the whole of King Square and enclosed by a (15 feet thick) Wall
High Cross (cornhill)
15th Century Market
Described in the Domesday Book(1087) as a 15th century village
with about 300 houses and a port appeared to be thriving