Rowsham is a
hamlet
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in the
parish
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of
Wingrave
Wingrave is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, about four miles north east of Aylesbury and three miles south west of Wing.
The civil parish is called Wingrave with Rowsham within Buckinghamshire district and incorporates the hamlet of ...
in
Buckinghamshire
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, England. It is south of the main village on the
A418 road that links
Bierton
Bierton is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, about half a mile northeast of the town of Aylesbury. It is mainly a farming parish. Together with the hamlets of Broughton, Aylesbury, Broughton, Kin ...
with
Wing
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. It is in the civil parish of
Wingrave with Rowsham.
Rowsham's
toponym
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is derived from
Old English, meaning "Hrothwulf's home". In
manorial
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rolls of 1170 it was recorded as ''Rollesham''.
References
{{Aylesbury Vale
Hamlets in Buckinghamshire