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.

Rookbeare

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockleigh English

Historical Forms

  • Rokebere 1274 FF 1333 SR

Etymology

is Rokebere 1274FF , 1333SR (p) . ' Rookwood , ' v. bearu . Cf. Rockbeare infra 594 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement