The place-name 'Rise' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Risun in the Holderness Wapentake.[2] This is the plural of the Old English word 'hris', meaning 'brushwood'.[3]
East of the village is Rise Hall, a Grade II* listed historic house built between 1815 and 1820.[6][7] In 2010, its restoration by property developer Sarah Beeny was the subject of a TV series, Beeny's Restoration Nightmare, on Channel Four; the property was sold by her in 2019.[8][9]