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.

Rowden

Other OS name in the Parish of Revelstoke

Historical Forms

  • Rowdon 1765 D

Etymology

is Rowdon 1765 D . Probably ' rough hill , ' v. ruh , dun and cf. Rowden supra 209, 214 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement