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.

Rainow Fm & Rainow Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Rayney Hill 1831 ib

Etymology

, Rayney Hill 1831 ib , cf. Top of Rainer , Rainer Common , Rainows Inclosure 1840TA , obscure , unless ' raven's hill ' , from hræfn and hōh , analogous with Rainow 1137 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site