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.

Rack Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chalford

Historical Forms

  • the Rackhill 1609 AOMB394

Etymology

Rack Hill, the Rackhill 1609AOMB 394, the f.ns. Rackhill (140infra ) and Rack ground (ii, 243 infra ) show that we have ME  rakke 'rack' used of a tenter-frame.