ROCHE

ROCHE. Roache, or Roche, a parish in Cornwall; an abbey in Yorkshire; and a river in Lancashire. The first-named place was so called, according to Tonkin, from St. Roche, a Marsellaise saint ; but it is more likely a provincial pronunciation of rocli, for in 1291 it is called De Rupe. D. Gilbert's Cornw., iii. 30(5.

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