it is recorded as Crichefeld and Crechesfeld. The name is thought to mean "open space by the hill or barrow".

The name "Reigate" first appears in written sources in the 1190s. Similar forms are also recorded in the late medieval period, including Reigata in 1170, Regate in 1203, Raygate in 1235, Rigate in 1344 and Reighgate in 1604. The name is thought to derive from the Old English ræge meaning "roe deer" and the Middle English gate, which might indicate an