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.
Survey of English place-names
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Rydon
Rydon
Other OS name in the Parish of Ashton
Historical Forms
Rydon
1333
SR
Etymology
is
Rydon
1333
SR
(p) . Probably ' rye hill , ' v.
dun
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
George Teign Barton
Spara Bridge
Other OS name
Bramble
Cowley
Kiddens Plantation
Major Settlement
Ashton