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.

Rodway Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mangotsfield

Historical Forms

  • Ruggewey 1314 Inqaqd
  • Rodway Lane ende, Rodwaie hill lane ende 1611 Dep
  • Ridgeway 1652 ParlSurv

Etymology

Rodway Hill, Ruggewey 1314 Inq aqd, Rodway Lane ende , Rodwaie hill lane ende 1611Dep , Ridgeway 1652ParlSurv . v. hrycg , weg ; this is the same ridge-way as that referred to in Ridgeway in Stapleton (101infra ).