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.

Rock Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornton le Moors

Etymology

( 109–458755 ) , cf. highway between Ince and Elton iuxta Petram l13 Chest , Stanewaye l13 ib , ' the road past a rock ' , v. stān , weg , rokke . The lost f.n. Roggedelond infra , may belong here . The road referred to is at 109 – 453760 to 460753 .

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