Rickling
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rickling
Historical Forms
- Richelingā 1086 DB
- Riclinges, Rigeling 1214 ClR
- Rikelinges 1235 FF
- Rykeling(e) 1238 SR 1256 FF
- Rikeling ib.
- Rekeling' 1248 Ass
- Rekelyng 1275 RH 1428 FA
- Rikenyge 1292 FF
Etymology
'The people of Ricola ,' v. ing and PN in -ing 48. This was the name of the wife of Sledda, a 6th-century king of Essex.