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.

Rodlands

Other OS name in the Parish of Dorchester St Peter & All Saints

Historical Forms

  • Middelredelond 1345 Rent
  • Redlandes inferior, Rudlandes superior, media furlong vocat' Rudlandes 1615 DuCo
  • Rudlands 1650 ParlSurv
  • Lr Redland(s) Flg, Middle Redland(s) Flg, Upr Redland(s) Flg 1841 TA

Etymology

, Middelredelond 1345Rent , Redlandes inferior , Rudlandes superior , media furlong vocat ' Rudlandes 1615DuCo , Rudlands 1650ParlSurv , Lr Redland (s ) Flg , Middle Redland (s ) Flg , Upr Redland (s ) Flg 1841TA , v. hrēod ' reed, rush ' , land , middel .