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.

Riggside

Other OS name in the Parish of Borrowdale

Historical Forms

  • Rigesyde 1626 PR(Crosth)
  • Rigsyde in Borradaille 1631 ib

Etymology

is Rigesyde 1626 PR (Crosth), Rigsyde in Borradaille 1631 ib . v. hrycg .