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Survey of English Place-Names

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Riggs, Riggs Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Rigg(e)s 1607,1609 FF 1637 Yorke
  • Riggs Moor 1771 M

Etymology

, Rigg (e )s 1607, 1609 FF, 1637Yorke , Riggs Moor 1771 M , v. hryggr ' ridge ' , mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site