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 Bottom & Rake Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Alton Pancras

Historical Forms

  • Rake Hill 1839 ib

Etymology

, Rake Hill 1839ib , probably rake in the sense ' narrow hill-path ' with reference to Ripp 's Lane which climbs some 400 ′ from the valley of R . Piddle up on to Rake Hill .