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 Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Sherston

Historical Forms

  • Rokhulle 13th Malm
  • Rough Hill c.1840 TA

Etymology

is Rokhulle 13thMalm , Rough Hill c. 1840TA . Apparently from earlier ' rook-hill . '