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.

Rogersceugh

Other OS name in the Parish of Bowness

Historical Forms

  • (wood called) Roger Skewghe 1589 ExchKR

Etymology

[ rɔdʒərskʌf ] is (wood called ) Roger Skewghe 1589ExchKR . v. skógr . For the personal name cf. Rogerscale andRogerside infra 447, 371 .