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.

Rill

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckfastleigh

Historical Forms

  • Rill t.Jas1 ECP

Etymology

is Rill t. Jas 1 ECP . Probably ME  at ther hille , ' at the hill , ' cf. Rill infra 606 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement