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.

Rossley Manor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dowdeswell

Historical Forms

  • Rosteleie, Rosteley(e) 1260 FF 1327 SR 1333,1501 Ipm 1539 AOMB238
  • Rasteley 1576 MonLand
  • Rostley(e) 14 ADiv 1504 Rogers 1540 MinAcct
  • Rosseley 1554,1591 ADv
  • Rosley 1576 MonLand

Etymology

'Wood or glade where rafters or beams were got', v. hrōst , lēah .