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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rydens

Other OS name in the Parish of Walton-on-Thames

Historical Forms

  • Roydens 1539 Rental
  • bosc. voc. Rydons 1548 LRMB
  • Kingesridons Coppice 1589 VCHiii,470
  • Kinges Roydon, Rydons, Reydon 1624 Rental

Etymology

is Roydens 1539Rental , bosc . voc .Rydons 1548LRMB , Kingesridons Coppice 1589 VCH iii, 470 , Cf. Hill croft 1539Rental . Kinges Roydon , Rydons , Reydon 1624Rental . This is probably ' rye hill , ' v. dun , and cf. Roydens supra 15 .