60 DERBYSHIRE PLACE-NAMES. 



Ravenstone. — (D.D.B. Ravenestvn.) — N. Rafn — a raven, and a personal 

 name, and (accepting the D.D.B. orthography) A.S. tun — atown ; — the 

 town of Raven. 



Renishaw. — (D.D.B. Rauenesha.) — The initial syllable is probably the N. 

 personal name Hrani. The terminal syllable is A.S. scua, seed, scadu, 

 sceadu, sceado — a shadow, a shady place ; hence a small wood or thicket. 

 Hrani's shady place, or thicket. 



Repton. — (D.D.B. Rapendvne, Rapendune, Rapendun.) — Saxon, Hrepan- 

 dun, Hreopandune, from A.S. Hreopa — a personal name, and A.S. dun — a 

 mountain, hill, downs ;— Hreopa's hill. Dun is a word adopted by the 

 Saxons from the Celts, and originally signified a hill-fortress, or strong- 

 hold. The terminal syllable of the modern name of this place is a 

 corruption. 



RiddmgS.— Probably from A.S. thridda, thrydda— a third, referring to a 

 division of the land or district. 



Ridgeway. — A.S. rig, hric, hricc, hricg, hryce, hryg, hrycg— a back, a 

 ridge, and A.S. wasg, weg, — a way, passage, road ; — the road by the 

 ridge. 



Ripley.— (D.D.B. Ripelie.) — A.S. rip— harvest, reaping, and A.S. leah— a 

 field, meadow, land ; — the harvest land or field. 



Risley.— (D.D.B. Riseleia, Riselei.)— A.S. risce, rixe — a rush, and A.S. 

 leah — a meadow ; — the rush meadow. 



Rodsley— (D.D.B. Redesleie, Redeslei.)— The initial syllable is the A.S. 

 hreod — a rede, sedge, and the postfix A.S. leg, leag, lea, leah, lag, lah — a 

 meadow, a field, land ; — the reed field or land. 



Roston.— (D.D.B. Roschintvne.) — The initial syllable may be from C. 

 ross — a prominent rock or headland, or promontory. The postfix is the 

 A. S. tun — a town. The town on the prominent rock. 



Rowland.— (D.D.B. Ralunt.)— A.S. hreoh, hreog, hreof, hreo, hruh, ruh 

 — rough, rugged, and A.S. land — ground, land, earth ; — the rough land. 



Rowsley.— (D. D.B. Reuslege.)— The derivation of the initial syllable is the 

 same as in Rowland, and of the postfix as in Rodsley, q.v. The rough 

 field. 



Rowthorn. — (D.D.B. Rvgetom.)— A.S. hreoh, hreog, hreof, hreo, hruh, 

 ruh— rough, rugged, and A.S. thorn, thyrn— a thorn ; — the rough thorn. 



Sandiacre.— (D.D.B. Sandiacre.) — A.S. sand, sond— sand, and A.S. secyr, 

 aecer, acyr, acer — a field, land, an acre ; — the sandy field or acre. In 

 addition to the above spelling Camden has it " Saint Diacre." 



Sapperton.— (D.D.B. Sapertvne.)— A.S. sap— gum, A.S. sern, ern— a place, 

 and A.S. tun — a town ; — the town by the gum place. 



Saillm. (D.D.B. Salham.)— The present form of this name is a corruption of 

 the Domesday spelling, the initial syllable of which is derived either from 



