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.

Radworthy

Early-attested site in the Parish of Challacombe

Historical Forms

  • Radeuda (sic) 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Radeode
  • Radeweithi (sic) 1198 FF
  • Radeworth' 1242 Fees792
  • Radewrthi 13th ADvi
  • North Raddery 1765 D

Etymology

'Rēada 's farm' or 'Rǣda 's farm,' v. worþig and cf. Ratton (PN Sx 424–5).