Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Fulstow Redhenges lHy2 Alv 13

• Redhenges 1291 Holywell

• le Redenges 1409 LMR

• Redheng p1261 Holywell

• Fulstowe Redenges l12 Alv 13

• redenges 1283 Holywell

• le Redenges 1317 Ipm 1438 Anc

• leʒ Redenges 1442 LMR 1452 Anc

• Redenges 1425,1429 LMR

• Redengs 1366,1369 1372 Ipm

• le Redengs 1399,1408 LMR

• les Redengs 1407 ib

• les Redeng eHy3 Gilb 1409

• le Redenge 1417 LMR

• les Redynges 1342 LMR

• le Redynges 14,1519,1556 Anc

• leʒ Redynges 1505 LMR

• le redynges 1588 Holywell

• leʒ Redinges 1562 Anc

• le Redinges 1567,1576,1590 1618 LMR

• les Redinges 1622 ib

• le Redings 1588 Anc

• les Redings 1614 LMR

• the Redings 1668 Holywell

• Ouerredinges 1595 FSurv

• le Redeings 1405 LMR

• Reddinges 1541 LMR

• Redde Inges 1595 FSurv

• the Red-ynges 1637 Holywell

• Red Inges 1666 ib

• les Rydynges 1522,1542 Anc

• leʒ Rydinges 1567 ib

• les Rydinges 1567 ib

• le Ryddynges 1543,1545 Anc

• Readinges 1560 Pat

• Readings 1582 Anc

• la Readings 1585 ib

• le Readings 1574,1587 ib

• ye Readings 1588 Holywell

• les Readings 1620 LMR

• the Readings 1628 ib

• Fulstowe Readings 1585 Anc

• Readings Drain 1819 EnclA

• le Reedings 1632 LMR

• the Reedings 1659 Holywell

• Broad Reedings, Narrow Reedings 1819 EnclA

• Reedings Close 1595 FSurv

Etymology

les Redynges 1342LMR , le Redynges 14, 1519, 1556Anc , leʒ Redynges 1505LMR , le redynges 1588Holywell , leʒ Redinges 1562Anc , le Redinges 1567, 1576, 1590ib , 1618LMR , les Redinges 1622ib , le Redings 1588Anc , les Redings 1614LMR , the Redings 1668Holywell , Ouerredinges 1595FSurv (v . uferra 'upper')

All the forms quoted above refer to the same name, in spite of the varied later developments. It means 'the (outlying) meadows where reed grows', v. hrēod , eng in the pl., with occasional spellings in the sg. The name apparently denoted a fairly extensive outlying area in the west of the parish. The Ridings 1828 was in the extreme south-west corner of the parish with Redde Inges and Reedings Close 1595 in the same area and Ouerredinges , also 1595, a little to the north-east. Readings Drain , 1819, ran alongside Bull Bank, the southern boundary of the parish here. Broad Reedings and Narrow Reedings on the EnclA Plan 1819 were fields further north - north of the Fulstow-Ludborough road and along the boundary with Ludborough. The frequency in the recording of this name in medieval sources seems to indicate its local importance.