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Rowstock

Other OS name in the Parish of East Hendred

Historical Forms

  • Rowstocke Peice 1610,1617 Loder
  • Rowstock Furlong 1634 ib

Etymology

, 1840TA , Rowstocke Peice 1610, 1617 Loder, Rowstock Furlong 1634ib , possibly ' rough tree-stump ' , v. rūh , stocc .