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.

Redsike

Other OS name in the Parish of Matterdale

Historical Forms

  • is ye Red Sike 1705 PR
  • Reedsike 1720 PR(Greystoke)

Etymology

is ye Red Sike 1705 PR, Reedsike 1720 PR (Greystoke) . v. sīc .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement