Rowridge

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 tall guyed transmitting mast. It is in the civil parish of Newport and Carisbrooke.

Name 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

See also Rowridge Transmitting Station Rowridge Valley

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