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.

Whiterigg

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Whitrigg end 1840 BdyR(R.4)

Etymology

, Whitrigg end 1840BdyR (R. 4) , v. hwit , hrycg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement