English Explanatory Dictionary

Rowton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Rowton Rowtons

Etymology

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

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