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.

Mogridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tiverton

Historical Forms

  • Moggherigg 1333 SR
  • Moggerigge 1351 Ass
  • Moggarygge 1394 Ass
  • Mogridge 1606 FF

Etymology

'Mogga 's ridge,' cf. Mogworthy supra 390. Wallenberg (StudNP 2, 94) notes that John Mogge and Stephen Mogg were tenants in Devon in 1285 and 1346 respectively. Cf. also Richard Mogge , a juror in Tiverton Hundred in 1244 (Ass ).