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.

Ridgeway Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Bincombe

Historical Forms

  • Ridgway hill 1774 Hutch1

Etymology

, 1680Sheridan , Ridgway hill 1774 Hutch1 , named from the Roman road between Dorchester and Weymouth , v. Ridgeway in Upwey par . infra .