Highridge

[Mike]

A lot of place names for suburbs of Bristol have some historical meaning to them. Does anyone know why Highridge is so called?
I do have a theory but I'm probably wrong.

While I'm at it, let's get greedy and ask another question(s) about Highridge. Where does the 'peart' in Highridge Lane get its name from and is there anything that has been written about it in an 'recent' historical context - I believe there were some excavations there or close by.
I'm sure I read something about the peart in Bristol Times but can't find anything after searching the 200 plus B.T's I have.

Thanks for any help.

[brisray]

I don't know if this is of any help but take a look at Wansd**e Diktat at www9.brinkster.com/saxonshore/othona.asp?requested=28

At www.spiderweb2000.net/CountryRelaxin/surnames-ps.html I found this, which may be relevant . Pare is likely a version of the Scottish place name Peart, which is found throughout Northern England and Scotland, and derived from the place called Pert on the North Esk near Montrose, which was so-named for a Pictish/Celtic term for a woods or copse.

Ray