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Survey of English Place-Names

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Broad Rake

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Braidreike 1663 ib
  • the Boad Reike 1666 ib
  • Brode Rake 1700 ib

Etymology

, 1697 PR , Braidreike 1663 ib, the Boad Reike 1666 ib, Brode Rake 1700 ib , v. brād , hraca ' rough path, cattle- or sheep-walk ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement