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.

Riverhall

Other OS name in the Parish of Wadhurst

Historical Forms

  • Watergates al. Ryverhall 1600 SRS14,91

Etymology

is Watergates al. Ryverhall 1600 SRS 14, 91 . There is a stream here , so the name may mean what it says , but as there is a good hill above it may have the same history as River supra 123 .