Raisthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wharram Percy
Historical Forms
- Redrestorp 1086 DB
- Redestorp 1121–37,1150–61 MaryR
- Reidestorp' 1163 P
- Rayst(h)orp, Raist(h)orp, Reyst(h)orp 12th Malton 1268 FF 1828 Langd
- Raystroppe 1563 FF
- Raythorp 1316 NomVill
- Rasthorpe 1384 YD
Etymology
'Hreiðar 's village,' v. þorp . The pers. name is OScand Hreiðarr (OSwed Redhar , ODan Rethær ), which is also found, as Lindkvist (75 ff.) shows, in other place-names such as Rotherby (Lei), Rothersthorpe (PN Nth 151). Dr Knudsen calls attention to a similar Dan place-name Reerstrup (DaSN(F) 10).