Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Rugeweyus 1379 Wyg

• Cokys rygeway 1467×84 LTD

• þest rygeway 1467×84 LTD

• East Ridgway 1625 Terrier

• le mideliste riggewey l.13 Wyg

• Mydulrygeway 1467×84 LTD

• Ouerrygeway 1467×84 LTD

• the over Ridgway 1722 Terrier

• Upper ridgway 1661 Terrier

• Salt Riggewey l.13 Wyg

• Saltrigewey 1467×84 LTD

• Saltrygewey 1467×84 LTD

• Salt ridg way 1674 Terrier

• saltregway l.17 Terrier 1693 Terrier

• Short Rigew ' l.13 Wyg

• Smoresladrygeway 1467×84 LTD

• Smore Slade Ridgway 1722 Terrier

Etymology

Rugeweyus 1379, (the) Ridgway 1635, 1661, 1708, Ridgeway 1638, 1697, 1700, 1703, Cokys rygeway 1467 × 84 (with a surn., prob. Cock or Cox), þest rygeway 1467 × 84, East Ridgway 1625, yest regway l. 17, 1673 (v. þe, ēast), le mideliste riggewey l. 13, Mydulrygeway 1467 × 84 (v. middel; the earlier form appears to present an otherwise unrecorded superlative middlest), Ouerrygeway 1467 × 84, the over Ridgway 1722 (v. uferra), Upper ridgway 1661, Salt Riggewey l. 13, Saltrigewey, Saltrygewey 1467 × 84, Salt Ridgeway 1625, 1638 et passim to 1708, (the) salt ridgway 1635, 1661, 1672, Salt ridg way 1674, saltregway l. 17, 1693 (v. salt 1; alluding to a salt - merchants' route on the ridgeway), Short Rigew' l. 13 (v. sc (e) ort), Smoresladrygeway 1467 × 84, Smore Slade Ridgway 1722 (v. Smorslade, infra) (v. hrycgweg)