Reddell Family History

English:: habitational name from Radwell (Hertfordshire) or Radwell in Felmersham (Bedfordshire) both recorded as Radeuuelle in 1086 and perhaps also from other places similarly named.

The placenames derive from Old English rēad ‘red’ + wella ‘spring stream well’.

Perhaps occasionally a topographic name from Middle English rid(de) wold (Old English (ge)ryd(d) ‘cleared’ + weald ‘woodland high woodland subsequently cleared’) denoting someone who lived in or near an area of cleared woodland.