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Survey of English Place-Names

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Roughethill

Other OS name in the Parish of Castle Carrock

Historical Forms

  • Roughthwaithill 1603 Gilsland
  • Ruffit Hill 1828 Boothby
  • Rughthuait 1332 SR

Etymology

is Roughthwaithill 1603 Gilsland, Ruffit Hill 1828Boothby . This is the hill of Rughthuait 1332 SR (p) . ' Rough þveit . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement