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.

Ruddings

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickering

Historical Forms

  • le Ridding 1262 Malton

Etymology

'The clearing' v. hryding . Cf. Ruswarp 125infra .