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.

Ryeford

Other OS name in the Parish of Stonehouse

Historical Forms

  • Riford 1497 Ct
  • le Ry foord 1603 GR445

Etymology

, Riford 1497 Ct 234, le Ry foord 1603GR 445 , ' ford across which the rye-harvest was carried ' , v. ryge , ford .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement