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.

Ringshaw Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Ringhawe 1219 FF
  • Rynghaybeke 1526 YDx

Etymology

Ringshaw Beck, Ringhawe 1219 FF, Rynghaybeke 1526 YD x.'Circular enclosure', v. hring , haga , bekkr ; there has been some confusion with names in -shaw (from sceaga 'copse').

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

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