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.

Rooley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradford

Historical Forms

  • Rowley 1502 Testii 1621 PRBfd
  • Rowley Hall 1817 M

Etymology

Rooley, Rowley 1502 Test ii, 1621 PRBfd, Rowley Hall 1817 M. 'Rough clearing', v. rūh , lēah , cf. Rowley ii, 230, Rooley iii, 153supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name