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.

Rodwell

Other OS name in the Parish of Arne

Etymology

, possibly v. hrēod , ' reed ' or rōd 2 ' a cross ' , with wella , cf. Springfield infra which is 300 yds N .