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.

Longridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Penkridge

Historical Forms

  • Langerig(g)e 1199 Ass 1274 FF
  • Langrigge 1399 Pat c.1430 ECP
  • Langerugge 1236 FF 1276 Ass
  • Langrug(g)e c.1291 Tax 1370 Pat
  • Longerug(g)e 1315 Ipm 1327 SR 1401 Banco 1406 FF
  • Longrug(g)e 1272 FF 1290 Ipm 1308 Ass 1332 SR
  • Longerygg' 1307 GDR
  • Longerych(e), Longeriche 1578 Survey 1598 FF
  • Longrych(e), Longrich(e) 1482 Banco 15th Hatherton 1535 VE 1538to1597 1599 ParReg
  • Longeridge 1588 Ct
  • Longridge 1657 Comm 1834 O

Etymology

'The long ridge', v. lang , hrycg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site