Rissick (EN) / Ressygh (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Buryan
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

res

Meaning: 
ford

sygh

Meaning: 
dry
Elements notes: 
<res> ‘ford’ + <sygh> ‘dry’
Historic forms: 
Retsic 1244 (Pool, 1985) Resyk 1334 (Pool, 1985) Resic 1337 (Pool, 1985) Rysick 1561 (Pool, 1985) Rissick (Field name – Lanyon) 1842 (TA 1840) (Pool, 1985)