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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rowantree Force

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Roantree Force 1773 PR(B)
  • -bank 1807 BdyR
  • Rawntree Force 1791,1795 PR(B)

Etymology

, Roantree Force 1773PR(B), -bank 1807BdyR , Rawntree Force 1791, 1795 PR(B) , ' waterfall by the mountain ash ' , v. raun , fors .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name