Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Ragintone 1086 DB

• Ragintona Exon

• Radelinton 1236 Fees

• Radelington, Radelyngton(e) 1256 FF 1288 Ass 1290 1309 1421 IpmR 1426 Cl 1431 FA

• Radelyngton juxta Corfe Castle 1290,1309 Hutch3

• Radelyngton in Purbik 1420 Fine

• 'Radelyngton by Corfcastelle' 1421,1426 Cl

• Radlington, Radlyngton 1268 Ass 1399 Cl 1412 FA

• Radlyngton alias Rollington 1586 Hutch3

• Radlyngdon 1316 FA

• Radlintone, Radlyntone 1334 Ipm, Cl

• Radlengton-juxta-Corfe 1399 Hutch3

• Rodlington 1242–3 Fees

• Rothelington 1288 Ass

• Redlyngton(e) 1291 Hutch3 1306 FF 1332 SR

• Redelyngton 1401 Cl

• Redelington juxta Corfe Castle 1449 Hutch3

• Rydelington 1303 FA

• Ridelyngton 1327 SR

• Ridlington otherwise Rowlington 1828 DCMDeed

• Rudelington 1422 IpmR

• Rollyngton 1435 FF

• Rollyngton otherwise called Radlington 1486,1510,1529 Hutch3 1543,1546 Ct

• Rollington 1512 c.1586 Tres

Etymology

Possibly 'farm called after Rǣdel or Rǣdla', from the OE  pers.n. Rǣdel or Rǣdla and -ingtūn , as suggested by Fägersten 121, cf. Redlingfield Sf (DEPN s.n.). Both pers.ns. are short forms of names in Rǣd -; Rǣdel is found as the name of a moneyer (Redin 139) and Rǣdla would correspond to OHG  Rātilo ; the DB, Exon form Rag - is probably for Rad - (cf. ANInfl 117), thus representing the pers.n. stem Rǣd - without the -el or -la suffix. However, in view of the ME forms with -o -, -i -, and -u -, Professor Löfvenberg suggests that the name may mean 'farm belonging to a place called Hrēodlēah ' ('reed clearing', v. hrēod , lēah ); for the early a -forms, cf. Radipole par. infra , Redwick Gl 3136–7. For the additions juxta Corfe and in Purbik , v. Corfe C. and Isle of Purbeck supra . There is mention of a water mill here in 1529 Hutch3.