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.

Rudge

Other OS name in the Parish of Froxfield

Historical Forms

  • le Rigge 1241 Ch
  • la Rugge t.Ed3 ADi 1345 Ass
  • Rygge 1386 Ass
  • Rydge al. Rudge 1639 Recov

Etymology

is le Rigge 1241 Ch, la Rugge t. Ed 3 AD i, 1345Ass , Rygge 1386Ass , Rydge al. Rudge 1639Recov . Self - explanatory . See also Introd. xx .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site