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.

Rolls Mill, Rolls Mill Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Sturminster Newton

Historical Forms

  • Mill 1811 OS
  • Rolls Bridge 1791 Boswell 1811 OS
  • Rolles or Rawles Bridge 1870 Hutch3

Etymology

( Mill 1811 OS ) ( Rolls Bridge 1791 Boswell, 1811 OS, Rolles or Rawles Bridge 1870 Hutch3 ) , cf. Will ' Rolfmesuag 'e14GlastE , v. Reaney s. n. Rolf .