Rockstead

Rockstead, Rockbourne
parish:
county:

Rockbourne
Hampshire
refce: Coates 1989
Rockstead
otherwise: Rokesey, 1210; Rokesaye, 1200-1299?; Rockesegh, 1256
refce: Coates 1989
ROCKSTEAD, Domesday Book manor in Rockbourne
Seems to be hypothetical Old English 'Hroces ieg'='rook's dry ground in marsh'. This would suit the site of 'Marsh Farm' 1miile to the West, better. Some Tudor spellings suggest that the second element is either 'stede'='stead, place', or 'seath'='pit'. Though only the latter is plausible, the former has won through.
domesday
 Rochesire
Listed in Domesday Book
- Fordingebrige Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
refce: Domesday Book 1086 (23.50)
TERRA HVGONIS DE PORTH ... Ipse H ten. ROCHESIRE . Alduin tenuit de rege E in alodiu~ ...
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001