https://wiki.sarg.dev/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=RowshamRowsham - Revision history2026-08-04T16:20:20ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.44.2https://wiki.sarg.dev/index.php?title=Rowsham&diff=262101&oldid=previmported>Entranced98: Adding short description: "Hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England", overriding automatically generated description2025-09-18T19:56:06Z<p>Adding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_description" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Short description">short description</a>: "Hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England", overriding automatically generated description</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England}}<br />
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{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}<br />
{{more sources|date=December 2009}}<br />
{{Infobox UK place<br />
|official_name= Rowsham<br />
|static_image_name= Independent Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 1734805.jpg <br />
|static_image_caption= Former Independent chapel in Brewhouse Lane<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|51.854|-0.767|display=inline,title}}<br />
|os_grid_reference= <br />
|label_position= left<br />
|civil_parish= Wingrave<br />
|unitary_england = [[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]]<br />
|lieutenancy_england = [[Buckinghamshire]]<br />
|region= South East England <br />
|country= England<br />
|constituency_westminster= [[Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Aylesbury]]<br />
|post_town= [[Aylesbury]]<br />
|postcode_district= HP22 <br />
|postcode_area= HP<br />
|dial_code= 01296 <br />
|website=<br />
}}<br />
'''Rowsham''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in the [[Civil parishes in England|parish]] of [[Wingrave with Rowsham]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], England. It is south of the village of [[Wingrave]] on the [[A418 road]], which links [[Bierton]] with [[Wing, Buckinghamshire|Wing]].<br />
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Rowsham's name is derived from [[Old English]], meaning "Hrothwulf's home". In [[Manorialism|manorial]] rolls of 1198 it was recorded as ''Rollesham''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/Buckinghamshire/Wingrave/53282ecbb47fc407e3000214-Rowsham|title=Rowsham|website=Survey of English Place-Names|publisher=[[University of Nottingham]]}}</ref><br />
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An [[Independent (religion)|Independent Chapel]] was built in Rowsham in 1870 which is still in standing but no longer used for worship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://heritageportal.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/Monument/MBC22362|title=Building record 0667300000 - Independent Chapel Rowsham|publisher=Buckinghamshire Council|website=Buckinghamshire's Heritage Portal}}</ref><br />
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