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.

Upper Reule & Lower Reule

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradley

Historical Forms

  • Rules 1539 MusterR
  • Reales oth. Ryalls 1614 Dep
  • Rewles 1616 FF
  • Over Rule Hall & nether Rule Hall 1680 GKNB
  • Over Rewl & nether Rewl 1682 Browne
  • O Rowl 1695 Morden
  • Old Rewl, New Rewl 1755 Bowen
  • the Lower Rule 1836 O

Etymology

Upper Reule & Lower Reule, Rules 1539 MusterR, Reales oth. Ryalls 1614Dep , Rewles 1616 FF, Over Rule Hall & nether Rule Hall 1680 GKNB, Over Rewl & nether Rewl 1682 Browne, O Rowl 1695 Morden, Old Rewl , New Rewl 1755 Bowen, the Lower Rule 1836 O, 'the rough nook of land', v. rūh , halh (hale dat.sg.).