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.

Shaw Rigg

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thursby

Historical Forms

  • Scortrig 1290 ADvi
  • Shortrigges de Thoresby 1362 Carliol

Etymology

Cf. also the Shawcloise 1565Orton .v. hrycg .