Rose Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Kilburn
Historical Forms
- Roseberg(h)(a) 13 BylE 1246 1247 Ch 1249 Baildon 1376 Dugdv.348
Etymology
v. berg . The first element is difficult but it may be compared with Rosedale 80supra . It probably had a short vowel in ME to give NEDial [o:], so that we may have here a form of ON Rossi (LindBN). 'Rossi's hill.'