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.

Roebanks

Early-attested site in the Parish of Middlesceugh and Braithwaite

Historical Forms

  • Rawbankis 1272 For
  • Rawebankes 1305 Fine 1368 Cl 1619 ExchKR

Etymology

It is by Roe Beck supra 25. v. bank .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement