Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Rednesse 1164–77 YCh487 1196 P 1199 FF 1199–1209 YCh488 1200 DodsN 13 YDix 1208 FF 1357 Selby

• Rednesse in Merssheland 1456 Pat

• Rednes 1230 P 1240,1246 FF 1540 Testvi

• Reddnesse 1266 Baild

• Redenesse 1304,1324 Selby 1327 MinAcct 1328 FF 1390 YDix

• Reidnesse 1305 YI

• Reydnes 1536 FF

• Reedness 1609 FF

• Reedness in Marshland 1626 PRCnt

Etymology

'Reedy headland', v. hrēod , nes 2 . The word nes is used of other places in the district to denote a piece of land (not necessarily high) around which a river flows in a semicircular sweep; cf. Cotness YE 250, Fockerby Ness, Haldenby Ness, Ousefleet Ness 5, 6, 8supra .