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Rowsham

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Rowsham
File:Independent Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 1734805.jpg
Former Independent chapel in Brewhouse Lane
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Civil parish
  • Wingrave
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAylesbury
Postcode districtHP22
Dialling code01296
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Buckinghamshire
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Rowsham is a hamlet in the 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.

Rowsham's name is derived from Old English, meaning "Hrothwulf's home". In manorial rolls of 1198 it was recorded as Rollesham.[1]

An Independent Chapel was built in Rowsham in 1870 which is still in standing but no longer used for worship.[2]

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