English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Wyck Rissington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wyck Rissington

Historical Forms

  • Risendvne 1086 DB
  • Risindon, Rysindon, Rysyndon, Rysendon, Rysendun 1281 Ch
  • Wyk(e) Risindon, Wik(e) Risindon c.1170 Monast 1227 FF 1236 Fees 1291 Tax 1492 Ipm
  • Wikeresindon 1236 Fees
  • Wik' Risinton 1290 Episc
  • Wyke Rusyndon 1294 Ipm
  • Wyke Risington, Wyke Risyngton 1558 Surv 1575 FF

Etymology

with other forms and meanings as for Great Rissington (201supra ). For the affix v. Wyck (infra ).

Places in the same Parish