Rawlsbury Camp, Rawlsbury Fm, Rawlsbury Wd
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hilton
Historical Forms
- Raulesbur(y) 1399,1400 Ilch
- Rowlesbury 1557 Surv
- Ramesbury 1602 AddCh
- Rawlsbury (Fm) 1811 OS
- Railsbury Rings, Ralsbury Copse, Ralsbury Md, Ralsbury Grove Mount 1842 TA
- Rowleston 1557 Surv
Etymology
Rawlsbury Camp (ST 767058), Rawlsbury Fm, Rawlsbury Wd, Raulesbur (y )1399, 1400Ilch , Rowlesbury 1557Surv , Ramesbury (probably for Raulesbury ) 1602AddCh , Rawlsbury (Fm )1811 OS, Railsbury Rings , Ralsbury Copse , Ralsbury Md , Ralsbury Grove Mount 1842TA , from burh (dat.sg. byrig ), here in the sense 'pre-English earthwork' since Rawlsbury Camp is an Iron Age hill-fort, v. also hring . The first el. seems to be the OG pers.n. Radulf (Fr Raoul ). The lost name Rowleston 1557Surv has the same first el. with tūn 'manor'.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Crockers Fm
- Harts
- Cothayes Dairy, Cothayes Drove
- Fern Wd
- Thomas's Hill Plant.
- Aldermore
- All Saints' Church
- Ansty Cross, Ansty Hollow, Hr Ansty Fm
- Breach Wd
- Broadclose
- Brooks Copse
- Castle Lake Spring
- Chilmore
- Coombe Btm, Coombe Hill, Coombe Wd
- Crown Inn
- Skinners Bottom
- Corn Mill
- Cuckoo Lane (Wd)
- Hill Barn
- Hilton Bottom (Barn)
- Hilton Higher Fm (Dairy)
- Hilton Hill Bldgs
- Hilton Lower Fm
- Hilton Wd
- Hoopers Lane
- Ice Drove
- Links Plant.
- Little Down Plant.
- Lower Gdns
- Mash Water
- Mill Pond
- Moots Copse
- North Wd
- Peck Mill
- Pleck or Little Ansty, Pleck Fm, Pleck Lane
- Raspberry Copse