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.

Rake Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke

Etymology

, 1724 Orm2 , v. rake , hall . The name appears to have had a jocular origin , being coined at a party on December 15th 1724 , cf. Orm2 ii394 , the first el . probably a pun on rake ' a dissolute fellow ' .