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.

Backridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Mitton

Historical Forms

  • Backaredge 1771 M

Etymology

, Backaredge 1771 M , ' back-like ridge ' , v. bæc , hrycg , cf. Bashall supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site