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.

Rhine Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Long Itchington

Historical Forms

  • Ruynhull 12th Combe

Etymology

is Ruynhull 12thCombe . Probably ' rye hill ' from OE  adj. rygen . Cf. RuinClifford infra 239 and Rhine Hill infra 234 .