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.

Roxley Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ewell

Historical Forms

  • Rokesle 1271 FF
  • Rokesleye 1279 Ass
  • Shaldeford otherwise Rokysley 1496 Ipm
  • Ruxley 1604 FF 1816 O.S.
  • Roxley 1823 G

Etymology

Roxley Fm is Rokesle 1271 FF (p), Rokesleye 1279Ass (p), Shaldeford otherwise Rokysley 1496 Ipm, Ruxley 1604 FF, 1816 O.S., Roxley 1823 G. 'Rook's clearing,' v. leah , or 'clearing of a man so named (OE Hrōc ).' Cf. Ruxbury infra 111. For Shaldeford , v. infra .

Places in the same Parish