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Rye Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Lutterworth

Historical Forms

  • (the) Rye hill 1601,1606 Terrier 1745 1835 O 1925 Kelly
  • Rie hill 1606,1745 Terrier
  • the Righ Hill 1674 ib
  • Ryhill 1709 ib
  • the Royhill c.1720 ib

Etymology

, (the ) Rye hill 1601, 1606Terrier et passim to 1745ib ,1835 O, 1925 Kelly, Rie hill 1606, 1745Terrier , the Righ Hill 1674ib ,Ryhill 1709ib , the Royhill c.1720ib , cf. Rye hill farm 1925 Kelly , v. ryge , hyll .