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Rolleston

  • /ˈɹɒləstən/ UK

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From the Old Norse personal name Hrólfr + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Rollestons

  1. countable, uncountable A small village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7300).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7452).
  3. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Rolleston on Dove: a village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2327).
  4. countable, uncountable A small town in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
  5. countable, uncountable A town in Selwyn district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  6. countable A habitational surname.

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"Rolleston." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rolleston. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{rolleston_2026,
  title = {Rolleston},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rolleston},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}