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.

Rowley Brow

Other OS name in the Parish of Knutsford

Historical Forms

  • Rowley Hill 1540 Chol

Etymology

, Rowley Hill 1540Chol , ' (hill at) the rough clearing ' , v. rūh , lēah , brū , hyll .