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.

Trainrigg

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Trainrydge 1605 PR
  • Traynrig(g)e 1587 ib
  • Tranerige 1608 ib

Etymology

, Trainrydge 1605 PR, Traynrig (g )e 1587 ib, Tranerige 1608 ib , ' crane-haunted ridge ' , v. trani , hrycg , cf. Trainriggs (ii, 10supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement