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.

High & Low Reston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Rispeton, Ryspeton 1272,1274 Ipm 1297 Pat 1301 Kendi,138 1383 Pedw79 1570 FF
  • Resp(e)ton 1307,1310 Ipm 1332,1337 SR 1617 Kendi,312
  • Resperton 1341 Ipm
  • Riston, Ryston, Ristun 1458 Kendi,48 1515–8 ECP 1540 Tullie 1619 FF 1823 M
  • Ruston 1518 Kendi,57 1609 Comm 1618 PR(K) 1716 Ct
  • Reston 1738 1836 KCR

Etymology

'Farmstead in the brushwood', v. hrispe , tūn . The later forms with Ri - and Ru - are dialectal variants of ME  Ri - (cf. Phonology §10).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name