Rifton
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoodleigh
Historical Forms
- Restona 1086 DB
- Reft(h)on 1198 FF 1242 Fees760
- Reveton(e) 1261 Exon 1299 Ipm
Etymology
This is probably from an OE (ge )rēfantūn , 'reeve's farm,' the place being perhaps so called because it was the residence of a reeve. Cf. Riverton supra 351.