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.

Rawsons

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Rawson 1394–1584 Kendii,94,99–106 1582,1638 PR

Etymology

, 1734PR et freq to 1823 M , named from the local family of Rawson (1394–1584 Kend ii, 94, 99–106, 1582, 1638 PR 9, 154, etc.) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site