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.

Rais Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • Rays Wood 1858 O.S.

Etymology

, Rays Wood 1858 O.S. , v. hreysi ' cairn ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site