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.

Whitrigg

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Whittrigg 1684 Dd
  • Witerich 1202 FF

Etymology

, Whittrigg 1684Dd , Witerich 1202FF (p) , ' white ridge ' , v. hwīt , hrycg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site