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.

Rawfoot, Rawhead

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Rowfoot 1739,1808 PR
  • Rowhead 1736,1754 ib

Etymology

( Rowfoot 1739, 1808 PR ) ( 1727 PR , Rowhead 1736, 1754 ib ) , v. rāw , perhaps in the sense ' hedge-row ' or the like , or the surname Raw .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement