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.

Rockley

Other OS name in the Parish of High Bray

Historical Forms

  • Rokeleye t.Edw3 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Rokeleye t. Edw 3Ass . ' Rooks' clearing , ' v. leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement