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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

Other OS name in the Parish of Upwey

Historical Forms

  • Rigd(e)way 1670,1671 Sheridan
  • Ridgway 1674 1838 TA(Bincombe)
  • the way at Rigdeway 1670 Sheridan
  • Ridge way from the bridge upward to the top of the hill 1680 ib
  • Ridge Way 1811 OS

Etymology

, Rigd (e )way 1670,1671Sheridan , Ridgway 1674ib , 1838TA (Bincombe) (The Royal Oak Inn and Bowling Alley at Ridgway ), named from the Roman road fromDorchester to Weymouth (the way at Rigdeway 1670Sheridan , Ridge way from the bridge upward to the top of the hill 1680ib , Ridge Way 1811 OS , marked 6 ″ ) , v. hrycg , weg , cf. Elwell supra , Ridgeway Hill in Bincombe par . supra .