Ringcombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of West Anstey
Historical Forms
- Ringhendona 1086 DB
- Ringedon 1249 Ass
- Westrington juxta Westanesteghe 1291 Ass
Etymology
The relation of these names to one another is not certain. Ringcombe is in a valley. Ringedon was probably the hill above it. The two names with the same first element, together with early forms Ringhen -, Ringe -, make it likely that in both cases we have to do with a pers. name Hringa , an unrecorded pet-form of one of the numerous OE names in Hring -.