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.

Grassrigg

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Girsrigg 1703 ib

Etymology

, 1708 WillQ , Girsrigg 1703 ib , ' grass ridge ' , v. gærs , hrycg , for Girs - cf. Phonol. §10 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site