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.

Surgill Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Carleton

Historical Forms

  • Solresgile(egge) 1202 FF
  • Surgillhead 1658 WillS

Etymology

Surgill Beck, Solresgile (egge )1202 FF, Surgillhead 1658 WillS.'Solar's ravine', from the ON  pers.n. Sólarr , gil; Sólarr is recorded only as a fictional name.