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.

Rocknell Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burlescombe

Historical Forms

(on) ruwan cnol 958 BCS1027

Ruchcnolle 1173–5 Ch 1329

Roueknolle c.1200 Canonsleigh

Etymology

'Rough hilltop,' v. ruh , cnoll .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Burlescombe