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.

Riverhall and Riverhall Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mountfield

Etymology

Riverhall (6″) and Riverhall Fm may be identical with terram de Eures , mariscos meos subtus Eures c. 1190, Eures c. 1200 Pens.v. River supra 123. Riverhall is on the R. Line, but the ground rises to Riverhall Fm. This hill may be the yfre, but the identification is by no means certain.