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

Other OS name in the Parish of Kildwick

Historical Forms

  • ye highe Edge 1579 Skp
  • Edge Ing 1846 TA

Etymology

, ye highe Edge 1579Skp 31, Edge Ing 1846TA , v. ecg ' escarpment ' , eng .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name