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.

Litlerothe

Field in the Parish of Plumstead by Holt

Historical Forms

  • Litlerothe 1332 SuffD

Etymology

Litlerothe 1332SuffD(v. lȳtel and *roð'clearing', cf. le Rothes 1310 in the neighbouringBaconsthorpe)