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.

Rowden

Other OS name in the Parish of Brentor

Historical Forms

Rughadona t.Hy2 Oliver

Roggadonne 1351 Deed

Etymology

is Rughadona t. Hy 2 Oliver 135, Roggadonne 1351Deed . ' Rough hill , ' cf. Rough Tor supra 199 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Brentor