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.

Rowlands

Other OS name in the Parish of Wimborne Minster

Historical Forms

  • Rowlands Plot 1847 TA
  • Reulonde 1350 HarlRoll
  • Roulond 1355 Wim
  • Littell Rowlandes 1591 DLMB

Etymology

, 1561 Hutch3 , Rowlands Plot 1847TA ,Reulonde (probably for Roulonde ) 1350HarlRoll , Roulond 1355Wim , Littell Rowlandes 1591DLMB , from rūh ( wk . obl . rūwan ) ' rough ' and land ' cultivated land, strip in a commonfield ' , with lȳtel .