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.

Rowden (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mentmore

Historical Forms

Royesden 1372 Cl

Roughden 1766 J

Etymology

OE rūgan dene (dat.), 'rough valley,' v. ruh , denu . The 1372 is probably corrupt.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Mentmore