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.

Orgill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Egremont

Historical Forms

  • Orgilcroftes 1342 Cocker
  • Orgill 1656 CantWvii

Etymology

The first element here may well be OE  ōra , 'ore.' Cf. Orgrave (PN La 207) and Orscarth (supra 344).There are iron workings in the immediate neighbourhood of Orgill. The second element is gil .