Rockley
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ogbourne St Andrew
Historical Forms
- Rochelie 1086 DB
- Rokeleya 1155 Templars
- Rokel(e) 1222 ClR 1258 FF
- Rokeley 1285 FF
- la Rokele 1234 Cl
- Roclea t.Hy1 Ch 1270
- Rocle(e) 1155,1185 Templars 1255 RH 1273 Ipm
- Rocle(e) juxta Marlebergh 1310 Ass
- Roucle 1316 FA
- Rockel' 1242 Fees
- Rockele 1275 RH
- Roukley 1301 Ipm
- Roukle 1332 SR
- Rookie 1335 Ipm
- Templerookley 1591 FF
- Ruckleyghe 1595 Sadler
Etymology
'Rooks' clearing or wood,' v. leah . “The rooks are still very much in evidence and work the district in regular daily com- panies” (H. C. B.). The Templars held land here from 1155.