
50°40′35″N 1°22′07″W / 50.6765°N 1.3686°W
Rowridge is a small hamlet on the Isle of Wight towards the west in an area known as West Wight. It is the location of the Rowridge transmitting station, a 149.6 metres (491 ft) tall guyed transmitting mast. It is in the civil parish of Newport and Carisbrooke.
Name
[edit]The name means 'the rough ridge', from Old English rūh (dative case rūwan) and hrycg.
1227: Ruwerigge
~1241: Rurigge
1251: Roweruge
1335: Rogherigge
1431: Rowrigge[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mills, A.D (1996). The Place-Names of The Isle of Wight. Shaun Tyas.