Roxton Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Immingham
Historical Forms
- Rocastun (sic) 1159–81 NCot e13
- Roxtun eHy2 NCot a1170 NCot 1170 NCot Hy2 NCot e13 NCot 1241 Fees 1238–43
- Roxtuna e13 EgCh
- Roxton 1212,1242–43 Fees 1258 Ch 1272 Ass
- Roxton “near” Newus 1274 Ipm 1276 RH 1286 Ass 1298 Ass 1303 FA
- Roxton F.m 1828 Bry
- Roxton Fm 1830 Gre
- Roxthon 1286 Ipm
- Rokeston 1291,1294 Ipm
- Roxston 1415 Pat 1428 FA 1538–39 AD
Etymology
'Hrōc's farmstead or village', v. tūn , the first el. being the OE pers.n. Hrōc , found in Roxeth (PN Mx 53–54), (et ) (sic) Hroces seaðum 845 (m9) BCS 448(S 1194), and adduced for several p.ns. including Roxholm, earlier Roxham, L Kest. It is once described as “near Newsham”. Spellings in -x - represent -ks -.