Rockhampton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rockhampton
Historical Forms
- Rochtvne 1086 DB
- Rochamt(on), Rokhamt(on)' 1211–13,1220 Fees 1281 Ch 1322 MinAcct
- Rokehamton' 1248 Ass
- Rochampton, Rokhampton Hy3 Ipm 1248 Ass 1291 Tax 1489 Pat
- Rokehampton 1400 ib
- Rokehampton als. Rokyngton 1506 ib
- Rockington als. Rock(e)hampton, Rockynton als. Rock(e)hampton 1566 FF 1631 Inq
Etymology
'Homestead by the rock', v. rocc 'rock', hām-tūn, but the first el. could be hrōc 'rook'.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
Field
- Barlands
- Beanhill
- Blosbury
- Bosmoor
- Brandy leaze
- Bury lane
- Byham
- Catsbrains
- Cloverhill
- Coopers tyning
- Crowbarn
- Dry leaze
- Duck acre
- Eakley
- Fleets
- Folly
- Fowlands
- Great Quab
- Greenleaze
- the Grove
- the Hurn
- Inlands
- the Lagger
- Long leaze
- the Moor
- New mead
- New park
- Newton lots
- Norledge
- North croft
- Overfield
- Oxhill
- Patch
- Pool leaze & Pool moor
- Pound moor
- Sidecroft
- Sour patch
- Spittle
- Standard orchard
- Towlands
- Twentys
- Twelves
- Tyning
- Wimmersley
- Bagg acre
- Byham
- Couham
- the Fifteens
- le Horsmore
- la Le ( e ) se
- Lyneys
- Northmead
- Tilers croft
- ' a salt - pit at Wich '