Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Radeslow 1380 Misc 1412 Weld1

• Radesle 1244 Ass 1412 FA

• Radesloe 1268 FF 1269 Ch

• Redeslo 1275 RH 1278 QW

• Radeslo 1280 Ass 1312 Ipm 1315 Cl 1331,1339 FF 1344 Pat

• Radeslowe 1379 IpmR

• Radesslow 1412 Weld1

Etymology

Radeslow (lost), Radeslow 1380 Misc, 1412Weld 1, Radesle 1244Ass (p), 1412 FA, Radesloe 1268 FF, 1269 Ch, Redeslo 1275 RH, 1278 QW, Radeslo 1280Ass , 1312 Ipm, 1315 Cl, 1331, 1339 FF, 1344 Pat, Radeslowe 1379 IpmR, Radesslow 1412Weld 1, 'red slough' from rēad (wk. obl. rēadan ) and slōh , cf. Rassler Bk 189, Ratsloe D 443; the forms (via de ) Slow (es )lane 1412Weld 1 and venella vocat ' Rotteslowlane 1473ib probably also refer to this place, although the first could contain a surname, cf. Alice Sloo 1318MiltC (Osmington), William Slo (o )1413Weld 1 (Winfrith hundred), v. lane ; the place was already described as Radeslowe vacua placea in 1379 IpmR and as 'an empty place called Radeslow ' in 1380 Misc; Fägersten 155 suggests that it was somewhere near Fryer Mayne supra .