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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rot Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorganby

Historical Forms

  • le Roth 1264 Dugd

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is le Roth 1264 Dugd . Either OE  roþ , ' clearing ' as suggested for Rothwall (PN Nth 1187) or ODan  *roth , as suggested for the Dan place - name Roager ( DaSN(Sj) iii, 107 ) .