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.

Lease Rigg

Early-attested site in the Parish of Egton

Historical Forms

Lecerigge 1301 LS

Etymology

From OE læs 'pasture' and hrycg.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Egton