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.

Risdon

Other OS name in the Parish of Jacobstowe

Historical Forms

  • Risdon 1219 FF 1317 Ass
  • Rysdon 1333 SR

Etymology

is Risdon 1219 FF, 1317Ass (p),Rysdon 1333SR (p) . ' Brushwood hill , ' v. hris .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement