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.

West Ridgeway

Other OS name in the Parish of Streatley

Etymology

, the road from Streatley to Westridge supra ; as Westridge is shown by the form from c. 1250 to be an old name , the printing of West Ridgeway in Gothic letters on O.S . maps , as if it were a branch of the Ridgeway , is probably a misinterpretation . The 2 ½ ″ map marks West Ridgeway running W . through Aldworth and Hampstead Norris .