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 Hethersgill

Historical Forms

  • the Rigghead 1618 NaworthA

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is the Rigghead 1618 NaworthA . v. hrycg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement