English Explanatory Dictionary

Rothwell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A small village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1599).
  3. A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8181).
  4. A market town and ward in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3428).
  5. A coastal suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.

Word forms

Rothwell Rothwells

Etymology

From Old English *roþa, the genitive plural of *roþ (“forest clearing”) + wielle (“spring”).

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