Ruddery End
Early-attested site in the Parish of Guilden Morden
Historical Forms
- Redrich 1227 FF
- Redreth(e) c.1278 ElyA
- Redreth(e)feld 1383 CaiCh 1392–1416 StJohn's
- Reddreth 1556 Eg
- Retherethfeld 1438 StJohn's
- Redderia, Redreya 13th Barnwell
- Red(d)re(e) 1274 Cl
- Ruddery Field 1800 EnclA
Etymology
'Cattle stream,' v. hrȳðer , rīþ . A hamlet with a chapel of ease formerly stood on Ashwell Street near the junction of the parishes of Ashwell (Herts) and Guilden and Steeple Morden. “Houses and chapel, all gone” (c. 1635 Layer). “The bare site is now known as Ruddery end” (Layer 103). Just over the border is Ruddery Spring (PN Herts 154). For the loss of th , cf. Odsey supra .