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.

The Rookses

Early-attested site in the Parish of Arundel

Historical Forms

  • le Rokes 1330 Ipm

Etymology

The Rookses (6″) is le Rokes in 1330 (Ipm). Probably from ME  at ther okes , 'at the oaks' (v. æt ), with modern pseudo- manorial s added.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement