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.

Roughdown

Other OS name in the Parish of Hemel Hempstead

Historical Forms

  • Rowdowne close ib.

Etymology

[ rɑudɑun ] is Rowdowne close ib. , v. ruh , dun .