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.

Ringslade

Early-attested site in the Parish of Highweek (with Newton Abbot)

Historical Forms

Ryngeslad 1238 FF

Ringesland 1238 Ass

Ryngeslade juxta Heghwyk 1301 Ass

Ryngheslade 1330 SR

Etymology

'Circular valley,' v. hring , slæd .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Highweek