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.