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.

Raughtonhead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Castle Sowerby

Historical Forms

  • Raughtonheved 1367 Ipm
  • Raghtonheved 1394 GDR
  • Raughton Hede 1476 IpmR
  • Rawghtonhead 1592 Border

Etymology

Raughtonhead is about two miles south-west of Raughton (supra 134) from which it is separated by Gatesgill. It is on high ground and the hēafod probably denoted a stretch of hill pasture used by the men of Raughton.