Rockstone Lane

This lane joins College Place to Bevois Valley Road, thus perpetuating the line of the traditional highway to London via Portswood Road. The lane occupies what appears to be a natural gulley or stream bed: hence perhaps the name. The earliest form recorded, from 1271, is Rokesden, the name of a hamlet. Presumably den here signifies dene or dell, while Roke is possibly the proper name Hroc.

Further reading:

Southampton Occasional Notes 2nd Series, by ‘Townsman’, p51, 73. (HS/h)
Southampton Archaeological Society Bulletin, No. 16, p22. (HS/f)

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