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.

Rowley Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Penkridge (det)

Etymology

, cf. Rowley Hill Field 1606–8Deeds , Rowleyfeld 1284 to 1358ib , Rowley Field 1606–8ib , ' the rough glade ' , v. rūh , lēah , hyll , perhaps , as often in St , for Rowlow , v. hlāw ; numerous Celtic remains have been found here , v. VCH i, 181, 192–3, 376 .