Witheridge
Major Settlement in the Parish of Witheridge
Historical Forms
- Wiriga 1086 DB
- Wyrig' 1242 Fees787
- Wetherigge 1249 Ass
- Wetherudge 1535 VE
- Wytherigge 1256,1262 FF
Etymology
It is probably unnecessary to go beyond OE weðra -hrycg , 'ridge of the wethers,' for this name, with the same fluctuation between forms with e and i as in Withersfield (PN Sf 30) and Weathersfield (Ess). Cf. Wedreriga (Exch Wederige ), an unidentified DB manor in Plympton Hundred.