Rowsham is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in the parish

Parish

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 of Wingrave

Wingrave

Wingrave is a village in Buckinghamshire, England located about four miles north east of Aylesbury and three miles south west of Wing.The civil parish is called Wingrave with Rowsham within Aylesbury Vale district and incorporates the hamlet of Rowsham.Wingrave is twinned with La Bouëxière in...

, in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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, England

England

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. It is located to the south of the main village

Village

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 on the A418 road

A418 road

The A418 road is a main trunk road in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England. It begins at a roundabout with the A4146 just north of Ascott, near Leighton Buzzard. It then runs south as a single carriageway through Wing to Aylesbury. This stretch is proposed for a dual carriageway bypass. After...

 that links Bierton

Bierton

Bierton is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, about half a mile northeast of the town of Aylesbury. It is a mainly farming parish, 10 km² in size....

 with Wing

Wing, Buckinghamshire

Wing is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is on the main A418 road between Aylesbury and Leighton Buzzard...

.

The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon

Old English language

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 in origin, and means 'Hrothwulf's home'. In manorial

Manorialism

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 rolls of 1170 it was recorded as Rollesham.

In recent times there has been a campaign among the local residents of Rowsham to have the speed limit

Speed limit

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through their hamlet reduced from 60 miles per hour to 40 miles per hour. This is on account of the fact that there is a dangerous bend in the road where the hamlet is located, that is a common place for car accidents to occur. This reduction has now taken place.