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.

Lastridge Withy Bed, Lastridge Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Warmwell

Etymology

, cf. Lastridge Plant .,Lastridge Copse 1841TA , perhaps from hrycg ' ridge ' with the OE  pers.n.*Lǣsta postulated by Ekwall DEPN for Lastingham YN , or , as Professor Löfvenberg suggests , possibly from hrycg and lǣs ' pasture ' , with intrusive t between s and r .