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.

Rice Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alne

Historical Forms

  • Cuningesris 1175–1203 YCh

Etymology

Probably preserves the second element of the lost Cuningesris 1175–1203 YCh 793.

'The king's brushwood' v. konungr , hris . The form Cuning - is from ODan  kunung .

Places in the same Parish