English Explanatory Dictionary

Roughton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2464).
  3. A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2137).
  4. A hamlet in Worfield parish, south Shropshire, England, east of Bridgnorth (OS grid ref SO7594).
  5. A habitational surname.

Word forms

Roughton Roughtons

Etymology

From either Old Norse rugr (“rye”) or Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Rowton.

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