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Survey of English Place-Names

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Redding Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Redbourn

Historical Forms

  • Ridding Field c.1840 TA

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Ridynge 1556, Ruddinge 1559 Verulam, Ridding Field c. 1840TA . v. hryding .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site

Other OS name