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.

Rodge Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Martley

Historical Forms

  • la Rugge 1237 SR
  • Rodge Hill 1676 FF
  • Ridge Hill c.1830 O

Etymology

v. hrycg . The nearest point for this dialectal development mentioned in EDD is north-west Oxfordshire.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement