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.

Stonecross Rigg

Other OS name in the Parish of Kingwater

Historical Forms

  • Stone Cross Rig 1832 Boothby

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Stone Cross Rig 1832Boothby . Cf. the stone crosse 1589ExchKR . v. hrycg . The Stone Cross that probably gave the farm its name is mentioned c. 1170Laner ( ex inf . Dr J . R. H . Moorman ) .