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.

Ryecroft

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Ricroftker 1307 WCR

Etymology

, 1709 WMB , Ricroftker 1307 WCR , v. rȳge , croft , a common p.n. and f.n .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site