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.

Rimington Bridge, Rimington Brook & Rimington Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • riuulum qui vocatur Rimingden l.12 Sawl6
  • Rimingtonbrok' 13 ib
  • Rimington Brook 1812 Whit
  • Rimmington Moor 1817 M

Etymology

( 1857 O.S. ) ( 'riuulum qui vocatur Rimingden ' l. 12Sawl 6, Rimingtonbrok '13 ib 6, Rimington Brook 1812 Whit 19 ) ( Rimmington Moor 1817 M ) , v. Rimington supra , brōc , denu , mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site