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.

Greenrigg

Early-attested site in the Parish of Caldbeck

Historical Forms

  • Greneric 1163 P
  • Grenerig 1232 Pat 1279 Ass 1309,1310 Ipm 1505 Norfolk
  • in Caldebek 1286 Ipm
  • Grenrig(g) 1305,1322,1362 ib
  • Grenrick 1591 FF
  • Greenrigg 1658 CWxxi

Etymology

'Green ridge,' v. hryggr (under hrycg ).