East Rigton
| East Rigton | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
.JPG) East Rigton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE372438 |
| Location: | 53°53’23"N, 1°26’6"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | ls17 |
| Local Government | |
East Rigton is a hamlet in the West Riding of Yorkshire, immediately to the east of Bardsey. It and Bardsey sit in the green gao between the conurbation of Leeds to the south and Wetherbny to the north.
Name
The name of East Rigton is first attested in the Domesday Book, as Riston, Ritone, and Ritun. The name comes from the Old Norse word hryggr ('ridge'), which had come into more general use in Old English, and the straightforwardly Old English word tūn ('farmstead, estate'). The additional element east is first attested in 1530, in the form Est Ryghton.[1]:20
References
- ↑ Harry Parkin, Your City's Place-Names: Leeds, English Place-Name Society City-Names Series, 3 (Nottingham: English Place-Names Society, 2017).