Rowton

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Chester, England (OS grid ref SJ4464).

OriginOld English rūh →
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Meanings

proper nounRowton (countable and uncountable, plural Rowtons)

plural Rowtons

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

Origin

  1. Old Englishrūh“rough”
  2. EnglishRowton

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

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Anagrams

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APA

Rowton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rowton

MLA

“Rowton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rowton. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rowton,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rowton.

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