What is "rosewell"

Rosewell Plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia, was for more than 100 years the home of a branch of the Page family, one of the First Families of Virginia. Begun in 1725, the Flemish bond brick Rosewell mansion overlooking the York River was one of the most elaborate homes in the American colonies. In Mansions of Virginia, the architectural historian Thomas Tileston Waterman described the plantation house as "the largest and finest of American houses of the colonial period." Through much of the 18th century and 19th centuries, and during the American Civil War, Rosewell plantation hosted the area's most elaborate formal balls and celebrations. The home burned in 1916.

Rosewell may refer to:

• Rosewell, Midlothian, former mining town in Midlothian, Scotland
• Rosewell Plantation, in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States, home of members of the Page family
• Benjamin Rosewell (attorney) (c. 1720-1782), Attorney of Throgmorton Street, London
• Benjamin Rosewell (shipwright) (c. 1665-1737), Master Shipwright of Chatham Dockyard
• Bridget Rosewell, British economist
• Henry Rosewell (1590-1656), of Forde Abbey, Devon and grandson of William Rosewell
• John Rosewell (1882-1938), pioneer Australian rugby union and rugby league player
• John Rosewell (headmaster) (1635-1684), Headmaster of Eton College
• Samuel Rosewell (1679-1722), nonconformist minister of Hackney, London
• Thomas Rosewell (1630-1692), nonconformist minister of Rotherhithe, Surrey
• Walter Rosewell (c. 1610-1658), Presbyterian minister of Chatham, Kent
• William Rosewell (c. 1520-1566), Solicitor-General to Queen Elizabeth I
• William Rosewell (apothecary) (c.1606-c.1680), Soldier and Royal Apothecary