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.

Ridge

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ridge

Historical Forms

  • la Rigge 1248 FF
  • la Regge c.1250 WAM
  • la Rugge, Rugge 1255,1278 Ass 1291 Tax 1358 BM 1487 Ipm
  • Rudge 1535 VE
  • Ryge 1538 Recov
  • Ridge al. Rudge 1638 ib

Etymology

Self-explanatory. The place is on a narrow ridge of land.