154 TEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. 



close of land, e.g., Prydale, the Prys." Egglestone. Perhaps from 

 Norman-Prench origin, pre, prairie, grass field, meadow. 



Eavensike E. — of the raven's sike or drain. 



Eayback Sike E. See Eatback. 



Eotten Eiggs — soft, untillable, wet. Eough Eiggs. 



Seavy Eiggs — rushy riggs. See Seavy. Stone Eiggs — stony 

 riggs. 



Spurrigg End — spoor rigg, traces of a path or road, or ridge. 



Stoneshaw Eigg — stony wood rigg. 



Swinket Mease Eig — rig of the worked or laboured field. 



The Eig, and White Eigg — perhaps traces of former ploughing. 



A Scandinavian, Teutonic, and A.-S. word; not Celtic or 

 Latin, as clearly appears from the above array of words. 



EiPTON House. 



Perhaps from a proper name — Eipton's House. Eipton is a 

 proper name now in I^ewcastle. 



EOKEBT. 



Formerly Eochebi. See "Walter Scott's poem of this name, 

 and By, and Whitaker's Hist, of Eichmondshire. 



EoMALD Kiee:. 

 Church of St. Eomualdus. See Kirk. 



EOMAK EOADS. 



From S.W. to N.E., a line extends from Brough and Bowes 

 through Barnard Castle and Staindrop to Bishop Auckland, and a 

 second — the High Street, from Gilling westward to Bowes. 

 Doubtless there were many minor roads. 



EoMAN Stations. 



These are five in number, on the High Street, via strata, from 

 Gilling through Greta and Bowes to Brough (six with Brough). 

 See Stations (Eoman). 



