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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rain Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Barnoldswick

Historical Forms

  • Reign-Hall 1738 ib

Etymology

, 1772 PRGis , Reign -Hall 1738 ib , probably the surname Rain ( from the ME byname Rain ) .