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Ring's End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wisbech St Peter

Historical Forms

  • Rings End c.1840 TA
  • banckes called the Rynge of Waldersey and Coldham 1607 SewersD
  • Ringemere c.1151,1191,1314 Thorney
  • Ryndgemare 1597 WisbechMap
  • Ringgebrigge 1237 Thorney 1248 ElyCh

Etymology

Ring's End is Rings End c. 1840TA and is named from banckes called the Rynge of Waldersey and Coldham 1607SewersD . The ring is described as the land “within a bank beginning at Keekes Mill (Hobb's Bank, on which is Ring's End Fm) and thence to Tower House and thence to Hobbs House (Hobb's Lots infra 297) and so to Tilney Hurne (supra 270) and thence by Maries dam and so by Elme Leame to Friday Bridge (supra 268) and thence by Redmore Dyke (supra 270) and Begdale (supra 267) and so by Gold Dyke to Keekes Mill again” (1607 Imb). It was a separate undertaking for the drainer (Fenland v, 161, 156). Hobbs House was near the end of Wisbech High Fen Dyke, on the boundary between Wisbech and Whittlesey, where we have Ryngemer 1314Ct . This is possibly to be identified with Ringemere c. 1151, 1191, 1314Thorney , on the bounds of Thorney and Wisbech. This may, however, have been identical with Ryndgemare 1597Wisbech Map , near Throckenholt. 'Round lake,' v. hring , mere . Cf. Ringmer (PN Sx 355). Between Wisbech and Thorney, too, was Ringgebrigge 1237Thorney , 1248ElyCh . There is a bridge across the Nene at Ring's End, near Guyhirne Station.