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.

Risinghoe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Goldington

Historical Forms

  • Risingeho c.1150 Warden c.1230
  • Rysingho 1252 Ch 1331 QW
  • Risinho 1286 For

Etymology

Either OE  hrīsinga -hoh, 'the hoh or heel of land of the hrīsingas or dwellers in the hrīs or brushwood,' or, alternatively, OE  Rīsinga -hōh , 'the hoh of Rīsa 's people' (cf. Riseley supra 18).Hurstingstone (Hunts) infra 203 is a parallel formation to the first of these alternatives.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement