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.

Rumsden Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rotherfield

Historical Forms

  • Rundenne 1295 Ch

Etymology

Rumsden Fm is Rundenne 1295 Ch, Romdens 1444, Rumdens 1785 SAC 40, 150. Probably 'spacious swine-pasture,' v. rum , denn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement