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.

Roehead, Roehouse

Other OS name in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Rawhead 1669,1702 PR
  • Bow Head 1747 ib
  • Rawhouse 1714 RatesE 1768 PR
  • Row 1729 ib

Etymology

( Rawhead 1669, 1702 PR , Rawheed 1677 Bow Head 1747ib ) ( Rawhouse 1714RatesE 25, 1768 PR, Row 1729 ib ) , v. rāw ' row of trees or the like ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement