Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Eghe 1086 DB

• Egge c.1170 Chol 1577 ChRR

• Parva Egge c.1190 Chol

• Magna Egge c.1303 ib

• Great Egge 1311 Ipm

• Little Egge 1353 BPR

• Mangna Egge 1369 Chol

• Mikel Egge 1426 ib

• le Egge 1472 ChRR

• the Egge 1558–1603 Surv

• le Egge Grene 1476 Chol

• Hegge 1272 Chol 1426 Sheaf

• Magna-Egges 1312 Plea

• Great Edge 1401 ChRR

• Edge 1406 ib

• Easte Edge 1642 Sheaf

• Little Edge, Edge Green 1831 Bry

• le Edge 1460 Chol

• Edgge 1558 Orm2

• Great Edgge & Little Edgge 1577 ib

• Magna Ege 1422 Plea

• Ege 1458 Chol 1587 ChRR 1635 Sheaf

• Hege 1513,1514 Chol

• Egy 1554 Pat

Etymology

'The edge', from ecg, with grēne 2 'a green', lane , and sker (cf. dial. scar ) 'a rocky cliff, a scar'. The place is named from Edge Scar (109–478503). Little Edge is shown by Bryant at 109–472513 near Grange Fm infra , v. micel , lȳtel , parva , magna , and ēast .