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.

Roskelthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Loftus

Historical Forms

  • Roscheltorp 1086 DB

Etymology

'Roskel's village' v. þorp . The first element is ON  Hrossketill , which is found as Roscytel the name of one of Alfric's festermen (YCh 13), and as Roschel in DB.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement