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.

Radwell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Radwell

Historical Forms

  • to readan wylles heafdon, of readan wylles heafdon 1007 Crawfordxi 11th
  • molendin. de Radewellesheved 14th Hosp
  • Radeuuelle 1086 DB
  • Radewelle 1185 Templars 1303 FA
  • Radewelle juxta Baldok 1347 FF

Etymology

'Red spring,' v. wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site