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.

White Raise

Other OS name in the Parish of Askham

Historical Forms

  • the Whiterace 1588 Rent212

Etymology

, 1793 West , the Whiterace 1588Rent 212 , ' white cairn ' , v. hwīt , hreysi , described in West 162 as ' a large karn of stones ' .