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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ringmore

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Nicholas

Historical Forms

  • Rumor 1086 DB
  • Redmor(e) 1275 RH 1285 FA 1289 FF
  • Reddemore 1428 Ct
  • Rydmor(e) 1281 Ass
  • Rydmor(e) juxta Teyngħmouth 1356 Ass
  • Ridemor(e) 1289 Ass 1303 FA
  • Ridmore 1318 Ch
  • Riddemore 1424 IpmR
  • Rydmer 1428 FA

Etymology

'Cleared marshland,' v. Ringmore supra 283.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement