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.

Ruddington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ruddington

Historical Forms

  • Roddintone 1086 DB
  • Rodintone, Rodintun ib.
  • Rodington 1293 Ebor 1346 FA 1348 Ipm
  • Rodyngton 1347 Cl 1383 IpmR
  • Rudinton(e) 1182,1183,1197 P 1232 FF 1255 Ipm
  • Rudynton(e) 1266 FF
  • Rudingtun c.1190 Wollaton
  • Rudington(a) 1205 Pap 1230 Bracton
  • Rudyngton(a) 1348,1359 Ipm
  • Runtinton' 1182 P
  • Runtington 1231 Ebor
  • Rutinton(e) 1219 FF c.1240 Wollaton 1242 Fees 1258 FF
  • Rutington 1231 Ebor 1258 FF 1260 Ch
  • Rutyngton 1287 Ass
  • Rutingtun 1260 Ch
  • Rotinton(e) 1232 FF 1255 Ipm 1265 Misc 1276 RH
  • Rotynton(e) 1302 FA
  • Rotington 1236 FF 1242 Fees 1294 Wollaton 1280,1312 Ass 1291 Tax 1325 Ipm
  • Rotyngton 1327 SR
  • Rotingeton 1287 Ass
  • Ruddington 1280 ib
  • Rodington al. Ruddington 1684 Recov

Etymology

'Farm of Rudda ,' v. ingtun .