Ruffet Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Frant
Historical Forms
- atte Riuette 1288 Ass
- atte Rouette 1296 SR
Etymology
Ruffet Wood (6″) is to be associated with Richard atte Riuette (1288Ass ), atte Rouette (1296 SR). This is clearly the dialectal roughet (v. NED s. v .), 'rough ground overgrown with furze etc.,' and carries that word back some 300 years. It is formed from ruh in the same way as OE þiccett from þicce .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bayham Abbey
- Cornhill
- Eridge
- Henley House and Wood
- Ramslye Fm
- Shernfold Park
- Stumlets Wood
- Sunninglye
- Verridge Wood