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Kerridge, Kerridge Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • (le topp de) Caryge 13 LRMB200 1611
  • Carigge 1467,1471 MinAcct
  • (le Cop de) Kayrug, (le Cop de) Cairug 1270 Sheaf318 17
  • Cayrugh 1286 Court
  • Cayrug(ge) 1341,1350,1355 Eyre
  • boscus de Kayruge, Kayruge 1357 ChFor
  • Kerug 1286 Court
  • Kayryche 1363 Eyre
  • (hill called) Kayridge, Kayrydge 1611 LRMB200 1620 Surv
  • S(t)ar(r)igge 1471,1508 MinAcct
  • Starnige 1560 Sheaf324
  • Cayregge, Cayredge, Careegge 1503 ChFor
  • Cargag' 1508 MinAcct
  • Cariage or Carage 1620 Surv
  • (houses on) Kearitch 1620 Surv
  • Kerich 1686 Dow
  • Cher(r)idge 1716 ib
  • Kerridge 1842 OS

Etymology

'Boulder ridge', v. cæg , hrycg , the latter el. confused with ecg 'the edge of a hill'. The first el., OE  *cǣg 'a stone, a boulder' (corresponding to MDu  kei , kay '(block of) stone', EFris  kei 'stone') is discussed by M. Löfvenberg EStud 43, 41, who introduces it to replace OE  cǣg 'a key' in EPN. An analogous p.n. is Cabus La 165, from cǣg 'a boulder' and ball 'a rounded hill', for which La 165 and DEPN adduce OE  cǣg 'a key' in some sense such as 'a peg'.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site