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.

Edge

Major Settlement in the Parish of Pontesbury

Historical Forms

  • Egge 1255 RH 1308 Ipm
  • Edge 1555 SBL3653

Etymology

v. ecg . A sandstone outcrop here has a long, narrow summit, and the village is on the eastern tip of this.

Places in the same Parish