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.

Edge Barton

Other OS name in the Parish of Branscombe

Historical Forms

  • (la) Egge 1374,1385 Exon

Etymology

is (la ) Egge 1374, 1385 Exon . v. ecg . The place is on a steep hillside .