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.

Rokehay Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Membury

Historical Forms

  • atte Rokehegh 1333 SR

Etymology

The preposition and article shows that the first element must be descriptive. The name may represent a ME  atter okehay , 'at the oak enclosure or farm,' v. æt , (ge)hæg.