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Ryton

Ryton proper noun: a hamlet in Dymock parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO7332).

Proper noun

Ryton (countable and uncountable, plural Rytons)

  1. A hamlet in Dymock parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO7332).
  2. A hamlet in Habton parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE7975).
  3. A small village and civil parish (served by Ryton and Grindle Parish Council) in eastern Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7602).
  4. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ1564).
  5. A suburb of Bulkington, Nuneaton and Bedworth district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP3987).
  6. A river mostly in Nottinghamshire, which joins the River Idle near Bawtry; in full, the River Ryton.
  7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Ryton

pluralRytons

Origin of Ryton

Generally from Old English ryge + tūn (“farm where rye is grown”), except in North Yorkshire: from the River Rye + Old English tūn.

Questions about Ryton

What does Ryton mean?
Ryton means a hamlet in Dymock parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO7332).
What part of speech is Ryton?
Ryton is a proper noun.

Words near Ryton in the dictionary

  1. Ryther cum Ossendyke
  2. rythm
  3. rythmic
  4. rytina
  5. rytinas
  6. Ryton
  7. Rytons
  8. RYTP
  9. ryu
  10. Ryu-Takayanagi conjecture
  11. Ryugu

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