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.

The Riddings

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wybunbury

Historical Forms

  • Rudinges 1260 Court 1283 Pat
  • Rudynges 1364 AddCh
  • Rudinggs 1304 Chamb
  • (le) Rudyngges 1330 Fine 1355 BPR
  • Rudding(g)s 1331 IpmR
  • Ruddyng(g)es 1352 BPR
  • the Ruddynges 1367 Orm2
  • (le) Ruddyngus 1379 AddCh
  • le Rudingh 1281 Court
  • Rydingges 1330 Ipm
  • Riddings 1846 TA

Etymology

'The cleared lands', v. ryding .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site