Rowton

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Chester, England (OS grid ref SJ4464). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A village in Ercall Magna parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6119). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable

Etymology

From Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Roughton.

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