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.

Rigges

Field in the Parish of Rothwell

Historical Forms

Rigges 1577 Terrier

one dall of Rigges 1587 Yarb

riggs 1606 Terrier 1611 Terrier

Riggs furlong 1721 Terrier

Etymology

Rigges 1577, one dall of Rigges 1587, riggs 1606, 1611, Riggs furlong 1721(v. hryggr,furlang)

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Rothwell