Rockland

Rockland

Rockland, ‘grove frequented by rooks’, OScand. hrókr + lundr: Rockland All Saints & Rockland St Peter Norfolk. Rokelund 1086 (DB). Distinguishing affixes from the church dedications. Rockland St Mary Norfolk. Rokelund 1086 (DB). Affix from the church dedication.

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Rockland

Rockland, Canada, USA USA (Maine): originally part of Thomaston, it became a town in its own right as East Thomaston in 1848. It was renamed Rockland in 1850 because of its local quarries.

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Rockland

Rockland industrial town (1990 pop. 16,123), Plymouth co., E Mass.; settled 1673, set off from Abington and inc. 1874. There is light manufacturing.

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