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.

Whitrigg

Early-attested site in the Parish of Torpenhow

Historical Forms

Whyterigg' 1278 Ass

Whitrig 1399 ADvi 1580 Border

Whytryg juxta Torpenhow 1439 DentonA

Etymology

'White ridge,' v. hrycg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Torpenhow