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.

Rookabear

Other OS name in the Parish of Fremington

Historical Forms

  • Rokebe(a)re 1195 FF 1330 SR

Etymology

is Rokebe (a )re 1195 FF, 1330SR (p) . ' Rook wood , ' v. bearu . Cf. Rockbeare infra 594 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement