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.

High Hurst

Other OS name in the Parish of Burtholme

Historical Forms

  • the swates rigge 1589 ExchKR
  • the Highhurste or Swates Rig 1603 Gilsland

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is the swates rigge 1589ExchKR , the Highhurste or Swates Rig 1603 Gilsland . v. hyrst .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement