Rye Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Layer de la Haye
Historical Forms
- le Ry(e), la Ry(e) 1248 Ch c.1350 ColchA 1364 Colch 1422 MinAcct 1538 LP
- Eelond, Eylond 13th Colch 1512 EASxxi
Etymology
Rye Fm (6″) is le Ry (e ), la Ry (e )1248 Ch, c. 1350ColchA , 1364 Colch, 1422MinAcct , 1538 LP. The farm is on high ground which seems once to have been called Kynggesknolle (p. 13th Colch). v. cnoll . Rye must be connected with Eelond , Eylond (13th Colch, 1512 EAS xxi) which survives as a field-name Ryelands and, so far as can be judged from the description in the cartulary, was on lower ground to the south of the farm, near the brook.OE (æt þǣre ) ēge , 'at the low-lying land.' Cf. The Ray infra 321.