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.
Survey of English place-names
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Bank Rigg
Bank Rigg
Other OS name in the Parish of Skirwith
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) is so named in 1840 (Leath) . v.
hrycg
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Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Skirwith Abbey
Skirwith Hall
Bank Hall
Cash Well
Cocklockscar
Quarry Woods
Early-attested site
Cross Fell
Skelling
Major Settlement
Skirwith