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 Stowford

Historical Forms

Rowedon 1330 SR

Etymology

is Rowedon 1330SR (p) . Probably ' rough hill , ' v. ruh , dun .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Stowford