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.

Valehouse Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Rakes Wood 1842 OS

Etymology

, Rakes Wood 1842 OS , v. rake , cf. prec. and RakesMoss supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site