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.

Ridge Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Portisham

Historical Forms

  • Ridge 1774 Hutch1 1859 TA

Etymology

( Kelly , partly in Winterborne St M . par . 1 377 ) , Ridge (a hill) 1774Hutch1, 1859TA , cf. Under Ridge 18WRO , Hr Ridge Mead & Lr Ridge Mead 1859TA , v. hrycg .