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.

Rarber Top

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Rawber Top 1847 TA

Etymology

, Rawber Top 1847TA , probably rāw ' row (of trees, houses, etc.) ' and beorg ; for the current form cf. Phonol. § 8 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement