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.

Old and New Radley

Other OS name in the Parish of Southwell

Etymology

. Cf. Radley 1585 ib. , Radley gappe 1586 ib. , Radleysick 1647 ib . Probably ' red clearing orwood , ' v. leah , sik .