Roston, in the Appletree Hundred of Derbyshire, comes from the Old Norse male personal name Hrosskell and the Old English element tun ‘farm, settlement’. It is thus a hybrid name.
Roston is a joint parish with Norbury.
This object is related to Roston, Derbyshire. Find out about Roston, Derbyshire.
Kenneth Cameron, The Place-Names of Derbyshire III. English Place-Name Society Volume XXIX (1959), pp. 591-592.
