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.

The Roast, Roast Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Clavering

Historical Forms

  • terra de Rooce 1422 Ct
  • Rossemede 1510 Ct
  • Rastes End 1615 Deed
  • Roaste Greene 1722 Ct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is terra de Rooce 1422Ct , Rossemede 1510Ct , Rastes End 1615Deed , Roaste Greene 1722Ct . Cf . The Roos supra 539–40 .