English Origins of the Surname of Rhodes, Rhoada, Roades, Roads, and Road
DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH AND WELSH SURNAMES WITH SPECIAL AMERICAN INSTANCES
BY BARDSLEY, CHARLES WAREING, M.A., 1901,
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Rhodes, Rhoada.-(1) Local, "of Rhodes." Many of the Manchester Rhodes hail from Rhodes, two estates, one between Prestwich and Ringley, and the other near Middleton. Probably both local terms are equivalent to royds and imply an early ridding. (2) Local, "at the roads,' i.e. cross-roads. Here the h is intrusive. This was a common Yorkshire entry, and explains the large number of
Rhodes in the West Riding Dir. For instances, v. Roades. London, 30,2; West Rid. Court Dir.,
84,0; Manchester, 19, 0.
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Roades, Roads, Road.-(I) Local, 'at the roads,' i.e. the crossroads, the point where the roads meet. Also simply, 'at the road,' one who lived by the road-side. It was natural for people to live at the conjunction of roads, hence the plural form. (a) Local, 'at the
rode' or rodes; v. Royd.
Simon de la Rode, co. Suff., 1273. A.
William del Rode, co. Norf., ibid.
William atte Rode, co. Soms.., I Edw. III: Kirby's Quest, p. 98. Robert atte Rode...co. Soms., ibid. p. 139.
Edmundus del Rodes, 1379: P. T. Yorks. p. 17.
Agnes del Rodes 1379: ibid. p. 207.
Alicia del Rodes 1379: ibid. p. 201.
Henry del Rodes, 1379: ibid.
There are eighty-four Rhodes in the West Rid. Court Dir. alone, manifestly the descendants of such
persons as are named above; v. Rhodes (a).
1621. Margery Rodes, of Ribchester, widdow: Lancashire Wills at Richmond, i. 236.
1706. Edward Roads, or Rhodes, of Thomley: ibid. ii. 211.
London, 1, 3, 0.
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