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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rothwell Grange

Other OS name in the Parish of Rothwell

Etymology

, 1828Bry ; this appears to be a later example of grange , for which v. EDD s.v. 2 ' a homestead , small mansion house , esp . one standing by itself remote from others ' , a sense quoted from L .