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.

Prior Rigg

Other OS name in the Parish of Irthington

Etymology

. Cf. Priorrigsike 1603 Gilsland . Named from the Prior of Lanercost . v. hrycg .