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.

Crosland Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Hege 13,1234 DodsN
  • Egge 14 ib
  • Thege 1574 WillY
  • the Edge 1610 WB48

Etymology

, Hege 13, 1234 DodsN, Egge 14 ib, Thege 1574 WillY, the Edge 1610WB 48 , v. ecg ' escarpment ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name