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.

Rowney

Other OS name in the Parish of Sawbridgeworth

Historical Forms

Rounhey, Rounheyfeld 1375 WAM

Rowney 1540 Ct

Etymology

is Rounhey , Rounheyfeld 1375WAM , Rowney 1540Ct . Probably ' rough enclosure , ' v. Rowney supra 136 .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Sawbridgeworth