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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rowlands

Other OS name in the Parish of Cuxwold

Historical Forms

  • Ruelandes l12,c.1200(e13) NCot
  • Rowlands 1838 TA 1877 MiscDon

Etymology

, Ruelandes l12,c.1200 (e13)NCot , Rowlands 1838TA , 1877MiscDon 466 , v. rūh , land . The name of the modern house replaced The Rectory and has itself been taken from the large open field in which it stands and which runs to the south to the Beck .