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.

Backstone Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Linton

Historical Forms

  • the Rygg of Backson edge 1567 Dep

Etymology

, the Rygg of Backson edge 1567Dep , v. hryggr ' ridge ' , bæc-stān ' bake-stone ' , ecg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site