Raby, Raby Hall, Raby Hall Fm, Raby House, Raby House Fm & Raby Mill
Major Settlement in the Parish of Neston
Historical Forms
- Rabie 1086 DB
- Raby 1096–1101 Chest 1280
- Raby in Wyrhale 1377 Plea
- Raby Mill 1831 Bry
- Raby Watermill 1842 OS
- Rabbi 1150 Chest
- Robi 1208–11 Chest
- Roby 1321 City
- Reaby 1663 Sheaf
- Neston-Raby 1459 ChRR
Etymology
'Village at a boundary', from rá and býr , Meer Hey infra and cf. Roby La 113, Raby Cu 292, NbDu 161. This p.n. suggests the con- fines of a Scandinavian enclave in Wirral, v. Thingwall 273infra , cf. Hargrave 228supra . For the form Neston -Raby 1459 ChRR, cf. Blakeley Brow & Hargreave 227supra .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Friends Hall Fm
- Mickwell Brow
- Snab Wood
- The Birches
- Broadlake
- Cherry Fm
- Clayhill Cottages
- Denhall Gutter
- Five Lane Ends
- The Hermitage
- Highfield Ho
- Kemnay Cottage
- Leighton Court
- Liverpool Rd
- Manor Ho
- Moorside
- Mostyn Ho
- New Fm
- Overdale
- Park View
- The Quay
- Windle Hill
- Gorstons
- Hallfield
- Bank Cottage
- Hargrave Cottages, Hargravehouse Fm
- Raby Mere Rd
- Raby Vale
- Benty Heath Lane
- Lydiate(lost)
- Seidloom Ho
- Badgersrake Covert
- Salters Lane
- Boathouse Lane
- The Dungeon
- Leighton
- Leighton Banastre
- Leighton Ho
- Leighton Cottages
- Longhouse(lost)
- Mostyn Place
- Shorthouse(lost)
- Heathfield
- Ness Wood
- Uplandhouse
- The Flaxyard
- Sod Hall(lost)
- Bromborough New Bridge
- Raby Hall Rd
- Park Cottages
- Badger's Rake
- Heath Hey
- Jack's Wood
- Brook Well
- Marsh Cottages
- New Houses
- Raby Park
- Wood Lane
- Hanns Hall, Hanns Hall Cottages
- Staplands
- Stonycroft
- Underhills
- Weatherstones
- Wirral Colliery
- Woodpark
- Four Lanes End
- Raby Mere
- Bridges Ho
- Brook Fm
- Clatter Bridge, Clatterbridge Fm
- Copley Ho
- Crofts Bank
- The Foxes
- Little Grange(lost)
- Hesketh Grange
- Lodge Fm
- Manor Ho & Manor Wood
- Mere Brook Ho
- New Hall
- Stanacres
- Thornton Common Rd
- Thornton Cottage, Thornton Hall & Thornton Ho
- Thornton Grange
- Thornton Lodge
- Willow Fm
- Wirral Manor Ho
- Hall Wood, HallWood Cottages
- Old Hall
- Haddon Hall Fm, Haddon Wood
- Nessholt
- Raby Rd
- Bankhey, Bankhey Ho
- Hinderton, Hinderton Lodge & Hinderton Rd
- Benty Heath Lane
- Plymyard Dale
- Willowbrow Fm
- Chester Rd
- Dam Head Lane(lost)
- Fern Bank
- Mill Lane
Early-attested site
- Hinderton, Hinderton Brow, Hinderton Hall & Hinderton Rd
- Parkgate
- Old Quay
- Backwood Hall
- Wood Ho
- Denhall
- Ashfield Cottages, Ashfield Hall, Ashfield House & Ashfield Lodge
- The Lydiate
- Windle Hill
- Blakeley Brow & Hargreave
- Blakeley Brow
- Hargrave, Hargrave Hall & Hargrave Lane
- Hadlow Rd, Hadlow Wood
- Street Hey
- Great Neston & Little Neston
- Little Neston
- Willaston Mill