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.

Ryall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ripple

Historical Forms

  • Ruyhale 1182 Hab 17th RBB 1299 IpmR 18th FA 1407 1431
  • Ruhale 1221 Ass 1275 1332 SR
  • Ryhale, Rihale 1239 FF 1299 RBB 18th
  • Rughale 1346 FA 1407 BM
  • Ryall 1456 Pat 1608 QSR 1656 FF

Etymology

'Rye-healh,' i.e. where rye grows.

Places in the same Parish