Rixdale
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bishopsteignton
Historical Forms
- Rixtiuele 1244 Ass
- atte Rixthiuele 1299 Ass
- Nytherryxstinele (sic) 1303 FA
- Rixthyuele 1330,1333 SR
- Rixtivell 1424 IpmR
- Rixteuyll, Ryxthyvell 1436 BM
- Rixtell 1725 Recov
Etymology
This is a compound of OE rysc, 'rush,' and þȳfel , 'clump, tuft,' cf. to þam riscðyfele BCS 687.