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.

Rutmore

Early-attested site in the Parish of Teigh

Historical Forms

  • Rotemor l13 WoCart 1449
  • Rotemore 1377 Ipm 1377 Fine
  • Rutmor 1363 MinAcct
  • Rutmore 1449 WoCart

Etymology

RUTMORE (lost), Rotemor l13 (1449) WoCart , Rotemore 1377 Ipm, 1377 Fine, Rutmor 1363MinAcct , Rutmore 1449WoCart , 'Rōta's moor', v. mōr 1 . No doubt this marshland takes its name from the Anglo-Saxon Rōta who gave his name to the whole territory of Rutland. The 1363 form occurs in the f.ns. of neighbouring Market Overton to the east and that of 1377 Ipm in those of Whissendine immediately to the west. That Rutmore lies along this northern boundary of Rutland suggests recognition of the unity of Rōta's holding by peoples beyond the frontier.