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.

Ryecroft Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whittlesford

Historical Forms

  • Rey(ʒe)croft(e) 1449,1457,1482 Pembroke
  • Raycrofte 1478 ib
  • Ryecrofte 1598 ib

Etymology

Ryecroft Fm (6″) is Rey (ʒe )croft (e )1449, 1457, 1482Pembroke , Raycrofte 1478 ib., Ryecrofte 1598 ib. v. ēg . ME  at ther eye has become at the reye . The place lies by a stream.