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.

Rough Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bampton

Historical Forms

  • Rukhole 1285–90 Lowth
  • Rughol(e) c.1316,1429 Lowth 1516 NCWills
  • Rowgholl 1462 Lowth
  • Roughehole 1518–29 ECP
  • Roughill 1658,1684 PR 1685 PR(Ask)
  • Roughills 1823 M

Etymology

'Rough hollow', v. rūh , hol 1 ; cf. Rowell (i, 89supra ).