Resugga (EN) / Rosogow (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Stephen in Brannel
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

mogow

Meaning: 
cave, cavern

ros

Meaning: 
hill-spur
Elements notes: 
<ros> ‘hill-spur, heath’ + <mogow> ‘cave’
Historic forms: 
Treverbyn juxta Rosogou 1317 Rosogou 1327 Higher Rosoga 1602 (settlement)(Manor of Treverbyn Courtnay Survey, 1602) Tresugga 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Tresugga 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Resugga 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Resugga 1888 (OS 1888) Little Resugga 1888 (OS 1888) Resugga Green 1974 (OS 1:50,000 First Series, 1974) Resugga Farm 2014 (OS 2014) Resugga Green 2014 (OS 2014) Little Resugga 2014 (OS 2014)