Rowridge
Rowridge is a small hamlet on the Isle of Wight towards the west in an area known as West Wight. It is the location of the Rowridge transmitting station, a tall guyed transmitting mast. It is in the civil parish of Newport and Carisbrooke.
Name
The name means 'the rough ridge', from Old English rūh and hrycg.1227: Ruwerigge
~1241: Rurigge
1251: Roweruge
1335: Rogherigge
1431: Rowrigge