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.

Rickmansworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Rickmansworth

Historical Forms

  • Prichemareworde 1086 DB
  • Rykemarwurthe 1119–46 Gesta
  • Richemaresworthe c.1180 ib
  • Rikemaresworthe t.Ric1 Ch 1301 FA 1303
  • Rykemereswrthe t.John Dugdii
  • Rykemerewrth 1248 Ass
  • Rikemereswrthe 1259 MP
  • Richemereworthe 1259 FF
  • Rikemereswurthe t.Ed2 Gesta
  • Rikemanneswrth 1248 Ass
  • Rikemannesworth 1278 ib
  • Rikemaneswrth 1294 SR
  • Rikmansworth 1382 Pat
  • Rikesmareswrth 1287 Ass
  • Rik(e)mersworth 1318 Pat 1328 Ch
  • Rekmersworth 1430 Pat
  • Rykmesworth c.1410 ECP

Etymology

'Rīcmǣr 's farm,' v. worþ . Ricmær is only evidenced as a Continental personal name but may have existed also in OE.