Ridgeway
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stapleton
Historical Forms
- Ruggewey 1412 Pat 1419 Cl 1540 FF
- Ridg(e)wey, Rydg(e)wey, Rydg(e)way(e), Rydg(e)waie 1559 FF 1560 Asht 1621 FF
- Rydg(e)waie in Stapulton 1568 Asht
- on hric weg 950 BCS887
Etymology
Ridgeway, Ruggewey 1412 Pat, 1419 Cl, 1540FF , Ridg (e )wey , Rydg (e )wey , Rydg (e )way (e ), Rydg (e )waie 1559 FF, 1560Asht 4, 1621FF , Rydg (e )waie in Stapulton 1568Asht 4. 'The ridge road', v. hrycg , weg , cf. Ridgeway (7) (i, 19supra ).This is an old track or road which leaves Bristol in a north-easterly direction to Stapleton and then turns east through Staple Hill and Mangotsfield and south of Pucklechurch to Marshfield (cf. Ridgeway Hill in Marshfield and Rodway Hill in Mangotsfield (61, 99supra ).The eastern section of this road which forms the boundary between Pucklechurch and Wick is called on hric weg 950 (copy) BCS 887.