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.

Ruttingham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Fletching

Historical Forms

  • Rotting(g)eham 1200 Cur 1274 Rental 1285 CplM 1316 FA
  • Rotingehamme 1200 Cur
  • Rotingham 1202 Cur 1279 Ass
  • Ruttyngehame t.Ed1 Rental

Etymology

'hammof Rōta 's people,' cf. Ratham and Rottingdean supra 61, 311.