Raisdale
Early-attested site in the Parish of Helmsley
Historical Forms
- Riedesdal' 1204 FF
- Reydhesdalle 1246 Riev
- Raythesdale 1268 Ch 1273 Riev 1293 QW
- Reythesdal' 1259 Ass
- Raisedale, Raysedale 1301 LS 1377 Baildon
- Raysdale 1538 Riev
Etymology
'Reith's valley' v. dæl . The first element, Lindkvist suggests, is an ON personal name Hreiðr , probably a short form of ON Hreiðulfr (LindN). There are, however, Norw place-names Røsæk (ONorw í Røydesæik ) and ONorw í Røydiseim (Rygh, NG i. 121), and from these cases its original form seems rather to have been Røyðr or Røyðir , an i -mutated form of the well- evidenced ON pers. name Rauðr (LindN).