What is "rothwell"

Rothwell is the name of several places in the United Kingdom:

• Rothwell, Lincolnshire
• Rothwell, Northamptonshire
• Rothwell, West Yorkshire

Rothwell is the name of one place in Australia:

• Rothwell, Queensland

In names:

• Ben Rothwell (born 1981), American professional mixed martial arts fighter
• Evelyn Rothwell (1911–2008) (Lady Barbirolli), oboist; wife of Sir John Barbirolli, orchestral conductor
• Dame Nancy Rothwell (born 1955), British scientist and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester
• Nicolas Rothwell, Australian journalist and author
• Peter Rothwell (1920–2010), English WWII pilot

Firms:

• Rothwell and Company, early 19th-century English locomotive manufacturers

Rothwell was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Rothwell area of West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.