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.

Redlynch

Major Settlement in the Parish of Redlynch

Historical Forms

  • Radelynch(e) 1282,1289,1345 Ass 1334 WinchColl 1402 WinchColl
  • Radeling 1470 IpmR
  • Redlynche 1567 ib
  • Redlinch 1607 WMxxix

Etymology

'The red ridge or rising ground,' v. read , hlinc . For -ling , -lyngys cf. Standlynch infra 397.