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.

Rawreth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Rawreth

Historical Forms

  • Rag(h)er(ee) 1189–90 WDB 1202 Orig t.Hy3 RBE 1285 FF 1303 Cl
  • Raghoreye 1238 FF
  • Ragherege 1239 ib
  • Ragheride 1201 LibR
  • Raghereth(e) 1239–61 FF
  • Ragherith 1302 Ipm 1305 Pat
  • Rareg' 1219 Fees
  • Raere 1274 RH
  • Raerethe 1281 AD
  • Rawereye 1238 SR
  • Rawerehethe 1283–1307 WDB
  • Rawereth 1384 Cl 1434 Pat
  • Rawregh 1556 FF
  • Raurey(e) 1257–61 FF
  • Rau(e)reythe 1258–83 WDB
  • Raureth(e) 1267 Ch 1287 FF 1303–46 FA 1414 Pap
  • Raurith(e) 1291 Tax 1361 Cl
  • Rauryth 1303 FA 1361 Cl
  • Ragrech', Rager', Rogere 1248 Ass
  • Rathere 1253 FF
  • Ragereyn 1254 Pat
  • Racherede 1254 FF
  • Regheree 1254 Ass
  • Reyworth 1433 Pat
  • Raucherche 1282 FF
  • Rawerhuch 1284 ib
  • Rawrethen 1494 EAS(OS)iii

Etymology

'Heron-stream,' v. hragra , rið . Cf. Rawerholt (PN BedsHu 186), Rareflet (in Chingford) 1277WalthamC and Raureth ' (in Doddinghurst) 1323For . Some of the forms show c for t by a common error of transcription.

Places in the same Parish