English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Redstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bratton Clovelly

Historical Forms

  • Roddekeston 1330 SR
  • Raddockeston, Ruddokkyston 1501 ECP4,54,59
  • Rudston 1533–8 ECP6,267

Etymology

'Ruddoc 's farm,' v. tun . This pers. name is not recorded but would be a regular diminutive of Rudda (Redin 108).