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.

Ruffhams

Other OS name in the Parish of Wheldrake

Historical Forms

  • Rutholme 13th Font

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Rutholme 13th Font . Probably a compound of OScand  ruð ' clearing ' and holmr , with dialectal f for th .