Rickmansworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rickmansworth
Historical Forms
- Prichemareworde 1086 DB
- Rykemarwurthe 1119–46 Gesta
- Richemaresworthe c.1180 ib
- Rikemaresworthe t.Ric1 Ch 1301 FA 1303
- Rykemereswrthe t.John Dugdii
- Rykemerewrth 1248 Ass
- Rikemereswrthe 1259 MP
- Richemereworthe 1259 FF
- Rikemereswurthe t.Ed2 Gesta
- Rikemanneswrth 1248 Ass
- Rikemannesworth 1278 ib
- Rikemaneswrth 1294 SR
- Rikmansworth 1382 Pat
- Rikesmareswrth 1287 Ass
- Rik(e)mersworth 1318 Pat 1328 Ch
- Rekmersworth 1430 Pat
- Rykmesworth c.1410 ECP
Etymology
'Rīcmǣr 's farm,' v. worþ . Ricmær is only evidenced as a Continental personal name but may have existed also in OE.