Ryecroft Gate
hamlet · Staffordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Ryecroft Gate likely marks the entrance to a place called Ryecroft, which means a clearing where rye was grown. The 'gate' element refers to a road or entrance.
Word origins
- Rye
- Old EnglishAttestedrye (grain)(from ryge "rye")
- croft
- Old EnglishAttestedsmall enclosed field(from croft "small enclosed field")
- gate
- Old EnglishAttestedroad, entrance(from geat "gate, road, entrance")