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.

Roborough

Other OS name in the Parish of Pilton, East and West

Historical Forms

  • Rowborowe 1679 Deed

Etymology

is Rowborowe 1679Deed . ' Rough hill , ' cf. Roborough infra 118 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement