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.

Rickfield Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Nuthurst

Historical Forms

  • Ryckefeud 1279 Ass

Etymology

Rickfield Fm (6″) is Ryckefeud in 1279 (Ass ). No form rycke for OE  hrēac , 'rick,' is known anything like so early as 1279.Rickford and Rickhurst (Sr), Rykford 1330 FF, Rykhurst 1332 SR suggest, however, the probability of a significant word.