Ravendale
Major Settlement in the Parish of East Ravendale
Historical Forms
- Ravenedal (2x), Ravenedale 1086 DB
- Rauendal 1086 ib
- “the other” Ravenedale 1086 ib
- Ravendale 1086 DB 1202 Pat 1342 RBE 1210–12 Fees 1212,1242–43 Pat 1275 RH 1276 QW 1281 Cl 1310 Ch 1314 Speed 1610
- Ravendala c.1115 LS 1314 Ch
- Rauendala 1185 Templar 1202 HarlCh 1204 AddCh 1374,1375,1395 Peace 1439 Cragg 1576 Saxton
- Rauendal(') 1235 IB 1246 RRG 1257 FF
- Rauenesdal' 1196 ChancR
- Rauenesdale 1295 Pat
- Ravensdal 1249 RRG
- Ravensdale 1340 Cl
- Raffenesdal' 1196 Cur
- Rauuedall' 1382 Peace
- Randall 1535 VEiv 1539–40 Dugdiv
- Raindall 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
Forms without affixes have been collected together for convenience.
This is almost certainly a Scand. compound of hrafn and dalr 'ravens' valley', though the first el. could formally be the cognate OE hræfn. A local pronunciation, still sometimes heard, is reflected in the form Randall , noted from the early 16th century.