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.
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Rothwell Wood
Rothwell Wood
Other OS name in the Parish of Rothwell
Historical Forms
boscus de Rowell
c.1220
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Etymology
( 6 ″ ) is
boscus
de
Rowell
c. 1220
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Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Debdale Lodge
Shotwell Mill
Major Settlement
Rothwell
Other OS name
Hospital Fm
Windmill Hill Cottages