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Full record: Rockingham
| County | Northamptonshire |
|---|---|
| Transcript | Rokyngham |
| Icon description |
single building and castle |
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| Description | faded |
| Appearances |
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| Etymology | OE Hrōc(a), pers. name + ing + hām; 'estate associated with Hrōc(a)' |
| Translation | |
| Earlier editors | OS 1935 has misread Rokyngham as Pakyngham (Parsons) |
| Early Maps | Roki(n)gham (Angliae Figura) |
| Overwritten | no |
| Attested spelling | Rokingham 12th Survey et freq t. 1316 FA with a variant spelling –yng- |
