Upper Baggeridge
hamlet · Bath and North East Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Upper Baggeridge combines the Old English 'up' (up, upper) with 'Baggeridge'. Baggeridge is likely derived from a personal name, possibly 'Bagga', and 'hrycg' (ridge). It refers to the upper part of a ridge associated with someone named Bagga.
Word origins
- up
- Old Englishup, upper(from up "up")
- Bagga
- Old Englishpersonal name(from Bagga "personal name")
- hrycg
- Old EnglishAttestedridge(from hrycg "ridge")