English Place-name Society

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.

Rookward

Field in the Parish of Woolland

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA
  • Rook Wood 1804 Salkeld

Etymology

Rookward(Rook Wood 1804, v. hrōc)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement