Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Ryng(e)stude, Ringestude, Ringestede c.1220 Tab 1338 e14 Mere 1312 Pat 1348

• Ruggested 1308 Tab

• Ryng, parcum de Ryng, boscus de Ryng 1322 1381 ib

• Tabbeleyryng 1401 ib

• Rinks Pool 1831 Bry

Etymology

Rinks Pool & Rinks Wood, Ryng (e )stude , Ringestude , Ringestede c.1220 Tabet freq to 1338 ib, e14 Mere (p), 1312 (1348) Pat (p), Ruggested 1308 Tab (p), Ryng , parcum de Ryng , boscus de Ryng 1322 ibet freq to 1381 ib, Tabbeleyryng 1401 ib, Rinks Pool 1831 Bry, 'the ring', v. hring , stede , styde 'a site, a place', cf. Ringestede 166infra . The nature of this circle or ring is unknown. It may have been a ring-fence; but in Scandinavia this type of name is often associated with prehistoric stone-circles or circular earthworks, and this could be the case in England, see Sørensen 105–6, DEPN s.n. Ringstead, Nth 195, Sandred 103 (where an el. OE  *hring-stede is proposed).