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.

Orton Rigg

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

Ortonryg 1454 Orton

Etymology

is Ortonryg 1454Orton . v. hryggr ( under hrycg ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Great and Little Orton