Runswick Bay
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hinderwell
Historical Forms
- Reneswike, Reneswyk 1273 YI 1348 FF
- Rinneswyk, Rynneswyk 1293 QW 1407 YI
- Remmeswyk 1327 BM
- Ryneswyk 1404 YI
- Runswick 1577 Saxton
Etymology
Perhaps 'Rægen's creek' from OE Rægen or ON Hreinn which appears as Ren - in Rainton 185infra , and vik . On the phonology of this name v. Introduction xxxii.