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.

Burn Ridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Burnt Ridge 1848 TA

Etymology

, Burnt Ridge 1848TA , ' ridge cleared by burning ' , v. brende , hrycg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site