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.

Raddon Court

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thorverton

Historical Forms

  • Raddona, Reddona 1086 DB
  • Reddon 1208 Cur
  • Est Raddon 1326 Ipm
  • Estraddon juxta Uppetone 1349 Ass

Etymology

'Red hill,' v. dun . It is the same hill as that referred to in West Raddon supra 417, about a mile distant.

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Places in the same Parish