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.

Rigg End

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • the rigend 1632 PR
  • Rigg 1643 ib

Etymology

, the rigend 1632 PR, named from Rigg 1643 ib , v. hryggr ' ridge ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement