Ruddle (EN) / Rydel (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Treverbyn
Hundred: 
Powder
Notes: 
Possibly <res/rys> ‘ford’ + <-el> diminutive suffix. Note that [d] does not normally assibilate before [vowel] + [l]. Thus the spelling would be <Rydel> in any case. It has also been suggested that there may be a connection with similar names in England e.g. Ruddle (Wiltshire) where the names originate from red ochre.
Elements: 

rydel

Meaning: 
?Obscure
Elements notes: 
<rydel> obscure {1296 historic spelling used here}
Historic forms: 
Rydel 1296 Ridel 1327 Ridell 1420 Radall 1536 (Hext, 1953, p2, citing from 1536) (Bond, 2009) Ruddle 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Ruddle 1856 (OS 1856) Ruddle 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Ruddle 1888 (OS 1888) Ruddlemoor 1888 (OS 1888) Ruddle China Clay Works 1888 (OS 1888) Ruddlemoor 1948 (Gover, 1948) Ruddle 1856 (OS 1856) Ruddlemoor 1974 (OS 1:50,000 First Series, 1974) Ruddle Farm 2014 (OS 2014) Ruddlemoor (SX 00 55) 2014 (OS 2014)