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Survey of English Place-Names

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Raddweles

Field in the Parish of Motcombe

Historical Forms

  • Raddweles 1838 TA
  • Radewelles ( cros ) 1838 TA

Etymology

Raddweles, Radewelles(cros) 1441(amanorial name, from the family named from the f.n. Redwell supra, cf.'land…late of William Radewell' 1455, v. cros)