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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rivock Oven & Rivock Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Kildwick

Historical Forms

  • Rivocke 1579 Skp

Etymology

, Rivocke 1579Skp 31 , probably ' the riven or split oak-tree ' , from ME  riven and āc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name