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.

Rye Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Henfield

Historical Forms

  • the Rye 1560 SRS3,13

Etymology

is the Rye in 1560(SRS 3, 13) . Probably ME  at ther ee , v. æt , eg . The place is low - lying , an island of slightly rising ground in the Brooks .