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Survey of English Place-Names

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Raisthorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wharram Percy

Historical Forms

  • Redrestorp 1086 DB
  • Redestorp 1121–37,1150–61 MaryR
  • Reidestorp' 1163 P
  • Rayst(h)orp, Raist(h)orp, Reyst(h)orp 12th Malton 1268 FF 1828 Langd
  • Raystroppe 1563 FF
  • Raythorp 1316 NomVill
  • Rasthorpe 1384 YD

Etymology

'Hreiðar 's village,' v. þorp . The pers. name is OScand  Hreiðarr (OSwed  Redhar , ODan  Rethær ), which is also found, as Lindkvist (75 ff.) shows, in other place-names such as Rotherby (Lei), Rothersthorpe (PN Nth 151). Dr Knudsen calls attention to a similar Dan place-name Reerstrup (DaSN(F) 10).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site