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.

Oxenriggs

Early-attested site in the Parish of St John Beckermet

Historical Forms

Oxeregg 1294 Cl

Oxen rige 1578 Cocker

Etymology

'Ridge of the oxen,' v. hrycg .

Places in the same Parish