Radstone
Major Settlement in the Parish of Radstone
Historical Forms
- Rodeston(e) 1086 DB 1415 ADiii
- Overe Rodeston, Nethere Rodeston 1259 Ipm
- Rodiston 1253 FF
- Rodestun 1166 P c.1195 Magd 1223 Pat
- Rudstan 1198 P
- Roddeston(e) 1200 Cur 1220 Fees c.1225 Magd 1329 Pat 1381 Cl
- Rodestan 1201 Cur 1227 Pat
- Rudeston 1225 ClR
- Rudestun 1244 Cl
- Reddeston 1227 Cl
- Radeston 1288 Ipm
- Radston 1629 SR
- Rodestayn 1295 Pat
- Rowston 1428 FA
- Rodston al. Rodeston al. Raddeston al. Rudston 1572 FF
- Rodson 1623 Ipm
- Radson 1730 Poll
Etymology
This is a difficult name. If the second element is stan we may have an exact parallel in the Rodestan of BCS 1127 (a Wiltshire Charter), which is again mentioned in a perambulation of 1575.This may be a compound of rod, 'clearing,' hence 'stone in a clearing,' or much more probably, it denotes a stone used as the socket of a rood (OE rōd ) or cross.