The story
Recorded as Rochesdone in the Domesday Book, the English village is named with the Old English personal name Hrōc, a byname from hrōc (“rook”), + -s- + dūn (“hill”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roxton
Today it means: A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL154955). Full definition →