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.

Rocknell Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burlescombe

Historical Forms

  • (on) ruwan cnol 958 BCS1027
  • Ruchcnolle 1173–5 Ch 1329
  • Roueknolle c.1200 Canonsleigh

Etymology

'Rough hilltop,' v. ruh , cnoll .