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.

Radway Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Otterton

Historical Forms

  • Radewey(e) 1237 Oliver 1309 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Radewey (e )1237 Oliver 257, 1309FF (p) . ' Red way , ' referring to the red soil here .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement