English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Raisbeck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Upleatham

Historical Forms

  • Rabec 12 Guis 1180–90 YCh

Etymology

From ON  ra 'roe-buck' (cf. Raskelf 26supra and Ray dale 264 infra ) and bekkr. The modern form is corrupt.

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement