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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rudgeway Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Tewkesbury

Historical Forms

  • le Ridge Way 1575 TRMB
  • Rudgeway 1704 PR

Etymology

, le Ridge Way 1575TRMB , Rudgeway 1704 PR 15 , v. hrycg , weg ; the lane runs on top of a shallow ridge from Walton Cardiff to Tredington ( cf. Ridgeway i, 19supra ) .