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.

The Row

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • 1850 TA e.14 BelCartA 1338 Rut
  • le Wro 1262 Rut 1262 Fine
  • le Vro Hy3 Rut
  • Mustone Wro e.14 BelCartA

Etymology

The Row (le Wro 1262 Rut, 1262 Fine, e. 14, 1338, le Vro Hy 3, Mustone Wro e. 14, cf. Vrohil Hy 3, wrohill' 1352 (v. hyll), v. vrá)