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Rowton

Rowton proper noun: a village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Chester, England (OS grid ref SJ4464).

Proper noun

Rowton (countable and uncountable, plural Rowtons)

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

Forms of Rowton

pluralRowtons

Origin of Rowton

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

Questions about Rowton

What does Rowton mean?
Rowton means a village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Chester, England (OS grid ref SJ4464).
What part of speech is Rowton?
Rowton is a proper noun.

Words near Rowton in the dictionary

  1. rowted
  2. rowtee
  3. rowtees
  4. Rowthorne
  5. rowting
  6. Rowton
  7. Rowtons
  8. rowts
  9. Rowville
  10. rowwise
  11. rowy

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