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.

The Ridding

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Riding 1778 ib

Etymology

, 1791 PR , Riding 1778 ib , v. rydding ' clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement