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.

Riverton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Swimbridge

Historical Forms

  • Reveton 1238 Ass 1275 RH
  • Refeton 1244 Ass

Etymology

'The reeve's farm,' v. tun and cf. Rifton infra 393. The name has been altered to fit the position of the farm upon a stream.