English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Rutt

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ugborough

Historical Forms

  • atte Rytte 1333 SR
  • atte Rette 1340,1347 SR
  • atte Ryte 1412 Ct

Etymology

This is OE  ryt , 'rubbish for burning,' cf. Collard supra 258 and Rat (PN Sx 499).