Roe Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Winkburn
Historical Forms
- nemus quod vocatur Rahage t.Hy2 Ch 1316 Holtzmann 1156
- proprestura de Rahage 1184 P 13th Rufford
- grangia quae dicitur Rahaga c.1175 Holtzmann
- Rahage Wodehouse early13th BM
- Rohagh(e) 1285 Ch 1330 Ass 1335 For 1339 FF 1535 VE 1537 LP
- Rohawe 1302 FA
- Rohaugh 1377 Ass
- Roghagh 1346 FA
- Roghagh in Winkburn 1533–8 ECP
- Roohawe 1437 BM
- Rughagh in Winkburn 1533–8 ECP
- Roughagh t.Hy8 Rental
- Roe Wood c.1825 O.S.
Etymology
This name is identical in origin with Rawhaw Wood (PN Nth 176), a compound of either OE ra, 'roe' and haga, 'enclosure,' etc. or possibly of the cognate ON words rá and hagi . In PN Nth the Nottinghamshire name was identified with Roehoe Wood in Widmerpool infra 258, but the contexts show that in all the above citations the references are to Winkburn parish.