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.

Ridgway Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Ottery St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Rigewaye 1389 Ct
  • Rudgewaye 1546,1572 Ct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Rigewaye 1389Ct ,Rudgewaye 1546, 1572Ct . v. hrycg , weg . The road is locally still so named .