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.

Risebarrow

Other OS name in the Parish of Bampton

Historical Forms

  • Risebarrow(s) 1642,1659 PR
  • Rysebergh c.1296 Lowth

Etymology

, Risebarrow (s )1642, 1659 PR, Rysebergh c. 1296Lowth , ' hill overgrownwith brushwood ' , v. hrīs , beorg .