What is "rookwood"

Rookwood could refer to:

Places:

• Rookwood, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia
• Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney, Australia

People:

• Ambrose Rookwood, part of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605

Fictional characters:

• Augustus Rookwood, a minor Death Eater character in the Harry Potter novels
• Rookwood, a minor character V impersonates in V for Vendetta

Other:

• Rookwood Pottery Company, a pottery manufacturer based in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Rookwood (novel), by William Harrison Ainsworth published in 1834

Rookwood is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth published in 1834. It is a historical and gothic romance that describes a dispute over the legitimate claim for the inheritance of Rookwood Place and the Rookwood family name.