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.

Rise Brigg Syke

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • -sike 1687 BdyR
  • Risbrigg als. Risprigg 1626 FF

Etymology

Rise Brigg Syke (lost), 1823 M, -sike 1687BdyR , Risbrigg als. Risprigg 1626FF , a frequent p.n. meaning 'track over marshland reinforced with brushwood', v. hrīs , brycg , a method of road- making already used in the county in Roman times (cf. Road II, i, 19 supra ); here it refers to part of the main road over Stainmore, and the name is now replaced by Rowtonbridge Sike on the county boundary.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name