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.

Curridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chieveley

Historical Forms

  • Cusan ricge, (æt) Cusan hricge 953 BCS900 c.1240
  • Coserige 1086 DB
  • Coserug' 1240–1 FF
  • Cosrugg', Cosserugg' 1284 Ass
  • Coserugge 1305 Ipm 1316 FA
  • Cuserugia 1147 BM 1310 Pat
  • Chuserug' c.1170 Thame c.1200
  • Cusurugg' 1275–6 RH
  • Cusrug 1230 Pat
  • Cusrigge 1281 Cl
  • Guserigg' 1275–6 RH
  • Currygge 1428 FA
  • Currige 1547 LRMB
  • Courage 1761 Rocque

Etymology

'Cusa's ridge', v. hrycg .