Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• le Redebank(e), la Redebank(e), Redebank(e) 1320 Chamb 1360 1396,1465 ChRR 1470 MinAcct

• le Redebonk(e), Redebonk(e) 1357 1388 MinAcct 1403 ChRR

• Redbank 1320 Chamb 1402 ChRR

• the Red Bank 1358 Morris 17 Orm2 19 1621 1656

• the Redde Bank c.1536 Leland

• Sherriffs, le Reed(e)bonk 1354,1358 Chamb

• portus del Reedbonk 1354 Chamb

• portus apud le Redebonk 1358 ib

• the roode of the redd bank 1540 Sheriffs

Etymology

Redbank (lost), le Redebank (e ), la Redebank (e ), Redebank (e )1320 Chamb, 1360 ib, 1396, 1465 ChRR, 1470MinAcct , le Redebonk (e ), Redebonk (e )1357ChFor , Chamb, 1388MinAcct , 1403 ChRR, Redbank 1320 Chamb, 1402 ChRR, the Red Bank 1358 (17) (19) Morris 433, 1621 (1656) Orm2, the Redde Bank c.1536 Leland, the redd bank 1540 Sherriffs , le Reed(e)bonk 1354, 1358 Chamb, 'the red bank', v. rēad, banke, named from the red sandstone cliffs along the shore of the Dee estuary at Thurstaston and Caldy, overlooking the site of an ancient anchorage of the port of Chester, portus del Reedbonk 1354 Chamb, portus apud le Redebonk 1358 ib, the roode of the redd bank 1540Sheriffs , 'the harbour and roadstead of the Red Bank', from rād in the sense 'a roadstead, an anchorage'.