Ringshall, Buckinghamshire
| Ringshall | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP989137 |
| Location: | 51°48’48"N, -0°33’59"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Berkhamsted |
| Postcode: | HP4 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dacorum |
Ringshall is a hamlet in Buckinghamshire, amongst the Chiltern Hills. It lies very close to the Hertfordshire boundary
Ringshall is one of four place-names in the villages around Edlesborough, Northall and Dagnall that have an origin with the suffix healh; the others being Dagnall, Hudnall and Northall.[1] Healh is an Old English word of uncertain meaning known only from place-names, which may mean a lordly hall (heall) or a pagan temple (ealh).
Ringshall-Hall Farm is in the Edlesborough part of the hamlet's lands, but the hamlet was always appendant to Ivinghoe.[2] The Ivinghoe part of the hamlet was transferred to Little Gaddesden in 1895,[3] but some houses have since been built along Beacon Road in the area that remained as part of Ivinghoe parish.
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References
- ↑ A. Mawer and F. M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Buckinghamshire, English Place-Name Society volume 2, 1925, pp.94-95.
- ↑ George Lipscomb, History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham: Volume III, J. & W. Robins, 1847, p.402.
- ↑ Vision of Britain: Little Gaddesden Relationships
Books
- J. Leonhardt, A Century Remembered: The Millennium Book for Little Gaddesden, Ringshall, Hudnall and Ashridge, Rural Heritage Society, 2002, ISBN 0-9542174-0-3.
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