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.

Rudding

Other OS name in the Parish of Castle Sowerby

Historical Forms

  • vastum vocatur Ryddynges 1371 Rental
  • the Ridding 1677 ib
  • the Rudding 1722 Devonshire

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is vastum vocatur Ryddynges 1371Rental , the Ridding 1677 ib., the Rudding 1722Devonshire . v. hryding .