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.

Rowdham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Martham

Historical Forms

  • Rowdham 1390 CtMartham
  • Rowdeham 1450 ib

Etymology

Rowdham (lost), Rowdham 1390Ct Martham , Rowdeham 1450ib ; possibly OE  *rod1, *rodu 'clearing' and hām or, more probably, hamm , for Rowdham was in a marshy area.