Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Raynaldesthorp, Raynaltorp 13 YDxii,305

• Raynaldt(h)orp(e) 13,1286,1287 YDxii,305–6,xvi,96 l.13 BM c.1300 Linds

• Raynaldethorp 1303 YDxii,308

• Reynold Thorpe 1520 FF

• Renalthorp Hall alias Hadfield Farme 1637 Linds

Etymology

Renathorpe Hall (lost), Raynaldesthorp , Raynaltorp 13 YD xii, 305, Raynaldt (h )orp (e )13, 1286, 1287 YD xii, 305–6, xvi, 96, l. 13 BM, c. 1300 Linds, Raynaldethorp 1303 YD xii, 308, Reynold Thorpe 1520 FF, Renalthorp Hall alias Hadfield Farme 1637 Linds. On the change of name of this place cf. YAJ xvi, 96n. 'Rainald's outlying farmstead', v. þorp . The same pers.n., from OG  Rainald , ON  Ragnaldr , ODan  Regnvald (v. Feilitzen 346), is also found in other local names (Reyna Leys f.n. 202 supra , Renishaw Db 248). For the Hadfeild family whose 'farm' it was, cf. Hatfield Ho 216infra .