Rowlston
ROWLSTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Mappleton, union of Skirlaugh, N. division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York, 14 miles (E. N. E.) from Beverley; containing 41 inhabitants. This place, in Domesday book called Roolfestone, belonged in the 15th century to a family of the local name, and, after passing through several other families, came to that of Brough, with whom it continued till the death of William Brough, Esq., marshal of the high court of admiralty, who, in the discharge of his official duties, superintended the execution of Admiral Byng. Rowlston Hall is an old building about half a mile from the sea, surrounded, except on the south, by woods and plantations.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.