Ridlington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ridlington
Historical Forms
- Ridlinketuna 1086 DB
- Redlingeton 1198 Ass
- Redlington' 1199 P
- Redlingtun c.1220 BM
- Redelington 1250 Ass 1267,1309 FF
- Redelyngton c.1250 HMC 1306,1347,1357 Pat 1341,1430,1432 AD 1352 BM 1388,1483 FF 1535 VE
- Redlington t.Hy3 Ipm 1267 Ch 1268 ChR 1307 Banco 1344 FF
- Redlingetone 1257 Ass
- Redelingtone 1269,1286(2x) Ass
- Redlyngtone 1330 SR
- Redlyngton 1404,1405 FF
- Ridelington 1254–75 Val 1275 RH 1303 Pat 1303 Orig 1336 Cl 1346 FA
- Ridlingtone 1257 Ass
- Rydelintone 1269 ib
- Rydelyngtone 1286 Ass
- Ridelyngton 1316,1428 FA
- Rydelington 1325 FF
- Rydlingtone 1335 BM
- Ridelyngton' 1367 Seld
- Rydlyngton 1402 FA
Etymology
It seems a reasonable assumption that the first element is a pers.n. Smith, discussing Rillington YE (PN YE 138), whose early forms show the same interchange of i and e , proposes an Angl pers.n. *Rēdel , the equivalent of WSax Rǣdel , which is on record (Redin 139). Ekwall takes the pers.n. involved to be OE Hrēðel , only found in Beowulf and probably in hredles stede 939 (BMF III 9, e. 10 Sawyer 447) BCS 741, a landmark in the boundaries of Meopham K (for a discussion v. Sandred 1963: 232 f.). Whether Ridlington is an -ingatūn or -ingtūn formation is hard to say. The former meant 'the tūn of the Redlingas', whereas the latter was almost the equivalent of a gen. sing. plus tūn , 'Redel's tūn '.