Ravenfield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ravenfield
Historical Forms
- Rauenesfeld, Ravenesfeld 1086 DB 1154 Pont 1164–81 Lewes25d 1194–9 YChviii 1197 Ebor 1301 Pat 1254 RH 1276
- Ravenesfeud 1246 Ass4
- Ravenesfled 1405 YI
- Ravenasfeld c.1160 Pont
- Ragenefeld' 1188 P
- Rauenfeld, Ravenfeld 13 ADiv 1234 FF 1297 LS 1316 Vill 1431 BM
- Ravenefeld 1246 FF
- Rafnefeld- 1285 KI
- Rauynfeld, Rauinfeld 1328,1368 BM 1404 MinAcct
- Ranfeld, Ranfeild, Ranfield 1338 YDviii 1414 BM 1428 YDxii,304 1521 Testvi 1608 Glebe
- Raumfeld 1369 YDxii,304
- Raynfeld 1503 TestLds 1516 FF 1587 FF
- Reynefeld 1538 MinAcct
- Ramfield 1641 Rates
Etymology
'Raven's open land', v. feld . Names with Raven - are usually ambiguous, for this el. may be the common word OE hræfn or ON hrafn 'raven', or a pers.n. from these words. Ragene - is an inverted spelling which could be introduced after OE -af - and -ag - had been diphthongised. The later contracted forms Ran -, Rayn - should be noted.