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.

Rookby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Rochebi(a) 1178,1179 Pipe
  • Rokeby 1201 Cur 1210 Abbr 1279 Ass5 1292 1315 Ipm Hy6 Rent
  • Rukeby 1323 MinAcct 1369 Cliff 1389 Pat
  • Rukeby als. Rowckebye 1615 FF
  • Rukkeby 1364 FF
  • Roukeby 1369 Cliff
  • Rook(e)by, Rook(e)bie 1597 FF 1634 NB 1777 M
  • Reukby 1732 PR(Wp)

Etymology

'Rook-haunted farmstead' (v. hrōc , ON  hrókr , ), or 'Hrōca's farmstead' from an OE  pers.n. Hrōca (cf. Rokeby YN 301). On the later forms cf. Phonol. §15.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site