Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Rune (sic for Rime) hurne 16 Shepherd2

• Ryme Horne Pitt 1615 DuCo

• Ryme Horne alias Ryme Horne Lane 1650 ParlSurv

• Ryme horn, Ryme horn Grd & Ryme horn Md 1840 TA

• Windhorn 1811 OS 1826 Gre

• (la) Trehurne Ed1 ForReg 15 Glast 1338–40

Etymology

Rhymehorn (ST 655087), Rune (sic for Rime )hurne 16Shepherd 2, Ryme Horne Pitt 1615DuCo , Ryme Horne alias Ryme Horne Lane 1650ParlSurv , Ryme horn , Ryme horn Grd & Ryme horn Md 1840TA , 'boundary corner', from rima 'rim, edge, border' and hyrne 'angle, corner'. It lies in the NE corner of the par. where the bdy forms a sharp angle; the 1615 form in fact occurs in a description of the par. bounds. Rhymehorn is Windhorn 1811 OS, 1826 Gre. A much earlier alternative name is (la ) Trehurne Ed 1 (15) ForReg , 1338–40 Glast, a point in the bounds of Blackmoor Forest (3 274–5) and, according to C. D. Drew in Roscoe 34, to be identified with this place, v. trēow 'tree', also 'beam, post'.