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.

Little Ribston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Spofforth

Historical Forms

  • Ripestain, Ripesten 1086 DB
  • Ribestein, Ribestain 1214 Abbr 1217 YDix,73
  • Parva Ribstayn 13 Heal131
  • Parva Ribbestan c.1223 Percy
  • Parva Ribbestain 1296 YDx
  • Little Ribestayn 1316 Pat
  • Parva Ribstan(e) 1333 YDx 1379 PT
  • Litil Ribston(e), Little Ribston(e) 1459 YDix,92 1510 YDvi 1622 FF
  • Litill Ribbiston 1472 YDx

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name