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.

Redlish

Other OS name in the Parish of Hampsthwaite

Historical Forms

  • Rudelez c.1142 Font
  • Ridlish 1576 Wheater

Etymology

, 1767 Comm , Rudelez c. 1142 Font,Ridlish 1576 Wheater , ' reed marsh ' , v. hrēod , lisc .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site