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Rudgewick Surname Meaning

From Rudgwick (Sussex) which is recorded as Regwick in 1210.

The place-name derives from Old English hrycg ‘ridge’ + wīc ‘dwelling specialized farm’.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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