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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rock Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornton le Moors

Etymology

( 109–458755 ) , cf. highway between Ince and Elton iuxta Petram l13 Chest , Stanewaye l13 ib , ' the road past a rock ' , v. stān , weg , rokke . The lost f.n. Roggedelond infra , may belong here . The road referred to is at 109 – 453760 to 460753 .