# Rothwell

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #55,070

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A small village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1599).
3. A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8181).
4. A market town and ward in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3428).
5. A coastal suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.

## Etymology
From Old English *roþa, the genitive plural of *roþ (“forest clearing”) + wielle (“spring”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rothwell