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.

Gaterigg

Early-attested site in the Parish of Middlesbrough

Historical Forms

Gayteryk c.1142 Dugdv.352

Gayteryg, Gayterig 1160–70 YCh 1392 BM

Geytrik 1247 Ch

Etymology

'Goats' ridge' v. geit , hrycg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Middlesbrough