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 Widdecombe in the Moor

Historical Forms

  • Rowadoune ball 1674 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Rowadoune ball 1674Recov . ' Rough hill , ' v. dun . For ball , v. supra 211 .