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.

Horridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ilsington

Historical Forms

  • Holerigge 13th Oliver
  • Holrig 1242 Fees790
  • Holrigge 1303 FA
  • Holrugg(e) 1316 FA 1330 SR
  • Haurig 1242 Fees792
  • Horugg 1275 RH

Etymology

'Hollow ridge,' the reference being to the hollow in the hillside at this point, v. holh , hrycg .