Rodmarton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rodmarton
Historical Forms
- Redmertone 1086 DB 1301 Ch
- Redmaretone 1227 FF
- Redemerton 1287 Ass
- Rodmarton(e) 1220 Fees 1221,1248 Ass 1328 Banco
- Rodmereston' 1221 Ass
- Rodmerton, Rodmertun 1227 FF 1234,c.1250 Berk 1261 Ipm 1587 FF
- Rodemerton 1303 FA 1378 Oseney
Etymology
Rodmarton, Didmarton, and Tormarton (iii, 28, 56 infra ) are all on the Wiltshire border and it is probable that the second el. in each case is OE mǣr -tūn 'farmstead on the boundary' (v. (ge)mǣre, tūn ), a well-evidenced p.n. The first el. of Rodmarton is, as the variation between Red - and Rod - shows, OE hrēod 'reed'.