English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Higher Runcorn

Early-attested site in the Parish of Runcorn

Historical Forms

  • alterior Roncover 1178–90 Orm2
  • Runcoure superior 1295 Lacy
  • Over-Runcorn 1428 ChRR
  • Upper Runckhorne 1684 Chol
  • Higher Runckhorne 1724 ib

Etymology

Higher Runcorn, alterior Roncover 1178–90 Orm2, Runcoure superior 1295 Lacy, Over -Runcorn 1428 ChRR, Upper Runckhorne 1684Chol , Higher Runckhorne 1724ib , with variant spellings as for Runcorn supra , 'the higher part of Runcorn', v. superior , uferra , upper .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site