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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rooley Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Hucknall under Huthwaite

Historical Forms

  • Rowley 1599 DKRxxxviii
  • Rowlie alders, Rowley coppice 1609 LRMB

Etymology

is Rowley 1599 DKR xxxviii, Rowlie alders , Rowley coppice 1609LRMB . ' Rough clearing or wood , ' v. ruh , leah .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Other OS name