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.

Green Rigg

Early-attested site in the Parish of Renwick

Historical Forms

Grenerigh', Grenerig 1246 FF

Etymology

'Green ridge,' v. hrycg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Renwick