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.

Radnidge

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Anstey

Historical Forms

  • Rothenaysh 1330 SR
  • Lower Radnishe 1619 FF

Etymology

Possibly 'Hrōda 's or Hrōða 's ash,' as suggested by Blomé (67), these being pet-forms of OE  names in Hrōþ -. Hrōda is recorded from Devon c. 970 as the name of a serf (BCS 1246).

Places in the same Parish