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.

Rugwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Foulness

Historical Forms

  • Rog(e)werde, Rog(e)werde Magna 1246,1304 Ipm
  • Rog(e)worth 1549 FF
  • Rug(ge)werd(e) 1246 Ipm 1247 Cl 1461 Pat 1486 MinAcct
  • Rug(ge)worth(e) 1319 Ipm 1540 FF
  • Roggeworthmersh 1328 Ch
  • Rogherd 1336 Ch
  • Roghirde 1361 Ipm
  • Rugwood 1487 MinAcct 1805 Rochford
  • Rugwoods 1684 EASxx
  • Ragwold 1777 C 1805 O

Etymology

Probably 'rye-marsh,' v. Rugward Marsh supra 171.