Etymology

Reeth

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Today it means: A village in Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0399). Full definition →

Old English rīþ
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromrīþ“[place at] the stream”
  2. English todayReeth

Possibly from Old English rīþ (“[place at] the stream”). Recorded in the Domesday Book as Rie and in 1184 as Rithe.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishrīþ all →

ryerith

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