Rye Ho and Rye Meads
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stanstead Abbots
Historical Forms
- Eia 1086 DB
- insula de la Rye 1261 FF
- la Rye 1278 QW 1294 SR
- Isle of Rye 1443 Ch
- le Rye mede 1536 Ct
- le Ryebridge 1595 Sess
Etymology
'The island or well-watered land,' v. eg . The place is nearly surrounded by the Stort and Lea rivers. The modern form like Rye (PN Sx 536) is from the ME phrase atter eye , 'at the island,' The DB manor of Eia has not hitherto been identified, but it is likely that it refers to this place since it was situated in Braughing Hundred.