English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Red Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Todber

Historical Forms

  • Redelane 1244 Ass
  • Redlane 1503 Ipm 1774 Hutch1
  • Redling Ho, Redling Cl, Ridling Cl 1840 TA

Etymology

, Redelane 1244Ass (p), Redlane 1503Ipm, 1774 Hutch1 2328 ('…a very small hamlet, situatedabout half a mile S.W. from Todbere, remarkable fornothing but its giving a name to a hundred'), Redling Ho ,Redling Cl , Ridling Cl 1840TA , v. rēad , lane , Redlane hundred supra .