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.

Rigg Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Askerton

Historical Forms

  • (The) Righead(e) 1603 Gilsland

Etymology

is (The ) Righead (e )1603 Gilsland . v. hrycg .