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.

Rakes Bottom

Other OS name in the Parish of Linton

Historical Forms

  • Raiks 1846 TA

Etymology

, Raiks 1846TA , v. hraca , dial . rake ' a rough path, a cattle or sheep walk ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site