Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Rodelespole 1286 Cl

• Bodelespole 1340 Hearne 1711

• Ridleys Poole Eliz RentSur

• Riddel Pole l.16th Ashmole

• Rydles Poole 1607 Norden

• Ridlespoole 1640 SpecCom

• Ruddles Poole 1640 SpecComMap

• Ruddlespole 1711 Hearne

Etymology

Ruddles Pool, Rodelespole 1286 Cl, Bodelespole 1340 (1711) Hearne, Ridleys Poole ElizRentSur , Riddel Pole l. 16th Ashmole, Rydles Poole 1607Norden , Ridlespoole 1640SpecCom , Ruddles Poole 1640Spec ComMap , Ruddlespole 1711 Hearne. This is a pool in the Thames, and the second el. is pōl in the sense 'pool in a river'. The first may be an unrecorded pers.n. perhaps Hrōdel , with the diminutive suffix -el . Alternatively, Professor Löfvenberg suggests the gen. of a compound p.n. *Hrēodlēah 'reed clearing'.