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.

Rye Head

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hawnby

Historical Forms

  • Rihened 1290 Dugdiv.285

Etymology

'Head of the valley of the Rye' v. heafod . This is the source of the river Rye.