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.

Langridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Nazeing

Historical Forms

  • Langerige t.Hy2 Waltham
  • Lang(e)rich' 1397 IpmR
  • Langregg' (p), Langregesgrove 1270 Ct
  • Langregg(e), Langrugg' t.Hy3 Waltham
  • Langryge 1543 FF
  • Langryge alias Lytle Langrige alias Waterhall 1557 FF
  • Langrich 1881 O.S.

Etymology

Langridge (6″) is Langerige t. Hy 2Waltham , Lang (e )rich 'ib., 1397 IpmR, Langregg ' (p), Langregesgrove 1270Ct , Langregg (e ), Langrugg 't. Hy 3Waltham (p), Langryge 1543FF , Langryge alias Lytle Langrige alias Waterhall 1557FF , Langrich 1881 O.S. 'Long ridge,' v. lang , hrycg .