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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rodhill, Rodhill Gate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Mitton

Historical Forms

  • Rod(h)il 1223,c.1224 Sawl46d,58d
  • Roddle 1607 PRBlt
  • Double Roddell, Rodwell 1638 WillY
  • Lower Roddels 1641 PRBlt
  • Duble Rodles 1643 ib

Etymology

Rodhill, Rodhill Gate, Rod (h )il 1223, c. 1224Sawl 46d, 58d, Roddle 1607 PRBlt, Double Roddell , Rodwell 1638 WillY, Lower Roddels 1641 PRBlt, Duble Rodles 1643 ib. 'Hill with a clearing', v. rod 1 , hyll . 'Double' would denote two farmsteads, an upper and a lower.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site