Rowde
Major Settlement in the Parish of Rowde
Historical Forms
- Rode 1086 DB
- (la) Rode 1230 Cl 1254 Pat 1283 Ch
- Rudes 1186,1196 P 1198 Abbr 1268 Ass
- Rodes 1196 P 1217 ClR 1228 Cl
- Rude 1212 Fees
- Roud' 1263 Cl
- Roudes 1287 Misc 1289 Ass 1291 Tax 1316 FA
- Rowd(e) t.Eliz WMxxi
Etymology
OE hreod is used both of the reed itself and of a place where reeds grow and Ekwall (DEPN) suggests that Rowde derives from this word. It would suit its low-lying situation, hreod commonly develops to ME rod (e ), rud (e ) in Wiltshire (cf. Rodbourne supra 32, 51).