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.

Sheepriggs

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Sheeperiggs 1631 Derwent
  • Sheaperiges 1658 CantWviii
  • Shipridge 1695 Derwent
  • Sheepridges 1737 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Sheeperiggs 1631Derwent , Sheaperiges 1658 CantW viii, Shipridge 1695Derwent , Sheepridges 1737 ib . v. hrycg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement