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Survey of English Place-Names

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Roundshill Fm and Rouncil Towers

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kenilworth

Historical Forms

  • Rounshull 1361 Add
  • Rownsell lane, woode 1581 LRMB
  • wood of Rinsell 1656 Dugdale
  • Rouncil Fd c.1840 TA

Etymology

Roundshill Fm and Rouncil Towers (6″) is Rounshull 1361Add , Rownsell lane , woode 1581LRMB , wood of Rinsell 1656 Dugdale, Rouncil Fd c. 1840TA , and is probably identical with the DB manor of Rincele which was somewhere in the neighbourhood of Warwick.