Rowley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rowley
Historical Forms
- to brusun laya, of rusun laya (for hruʒan lapa) 963 RegAlb 14th
- Rule(e) 1150–60,1180–97 Melsa 1249 YI
- Ruley 1227 Ebor
- Ruelai 1204 Ass
- Ruele 1274 Ebor
- Rugeleg' 1268 Ebor
- Roule(e), Rowle(e), Rowlay, Rowley 1276 YI 1280 Ebor 1544 FF
- Roweley 1300 Ebor 1410 YI
Etymology
If the first spellings are correctly identified with Rowley, as seems likely, the name was originally 'rough hill,' v. ruh , hlaw , but the second element has been changed under the influence of leah .