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.

Wardle Rigg

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickering

Historical Forms

  • Waldalerigg 1252 YI

Etymology

Possibly 'ridge above the valley of the Welshmen' v. w(e)ala, dæl , hrycg .