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.

Roe Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Everton

Historical Forms

  • Wroe 1716 Ct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is perhaps to be associated with Wroe 1716Ct , which clearly derives from ON  vrá , ' corner . '