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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rocket

Other OS name in the Parish of Portisham

Etymology

( a hill ) , cf. Rockett Furlong 1764EnclA , probably to be associated with Rockl (e )y (hill )1774 Hutch1 in spite of the discrepancy in the forms , cf . ' on Rockly hill is a quarry of stone ' Hutch 1 1 555 and the quarry ( 6″ ) on the hill called Rockett , v. Quarry supra ; the shared first el . maybe rokke ' rock ' .