Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• le Raffe yard 1680 Td'E

• the Raffe yard 1700 ib

• Raff Yards c.1820 GrimsMap

Etymology

Raff Yard (lost), le Raffe yard 1680Td 'E , the Raffe yard 1700ib , Raff Yards c.1820GrimsMap , cf. y e Raffe howse side 1681GrimsCLeet , Mr Popples Raffe House 1684GrimsCB ix and cf. one wessell of Raffe 1655ib viii , from raff NED sb. 3. 'foreign timber, usually in the form of deals'; note that raff-yard is not recorded in NED until 1840.