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.

Roughill(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of King's Cliffe

Historical Forms

  • le Roughul 1321 Ipm
  • Great Roughill Coppice 1718 WoodsRept

Etymology

( lost ) is le Roughul 1321Ipm, Great Roughill Coppice 1718 Woods Rept . ' Rough hill , ' i.e. overgrown with brushwood etc . , v. ruh .