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.

Rowbrook

Other OS name in the Parish of Widdecombe in the Moor

Historical Forms

  • Robroke 1291 Tax
  • Rowbrookes 1671 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Robroke 1291 Tax, Rowbrookes 1671Recov . Probably ' roe brook , ' v. ra .