Reeth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Grinton
Historical Forms
- Rie 1086 DB
- Reyth in le Swale c.1170 Marrick101
- Rith(e), Ryth(e) 1184 RichReg 1575 FF
- Reth(e) 1401 YI 1581 FF
- Ree 1414 Test 1515 Sanct
- Reeth 17 Grinton
Etymology
'(At) the stream' from OE æt þǣm rīðe , v. rið . On the DB form Rie cf. IPN 109 and Ryther (YWR), Rie DB, and on the later change to Rethe v. Upleatham 153supra .