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.

Ryton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirby Misperton

Historical Forms

  • Ritun, Ritone 1086 DB
  • Riton, Ryton 1282 Malton
  • Rihtona c.1145 Riev
  • Rictona 1189 Riev
  • Rigeton c.1200 For

Etymology

'Farm by the river Rye' v. Rye, R. 5 supra and tun .

Places in the same Parish