Raunds
Major Settlement in the Parish of Raunds
Historical Forms
- (æt) randan c.980 BCS1130 1200
- Rande 1086 DB 1316 FA
- Raundes 12th Survey
- Rawns 1442 Pat
- Rawnes 1570 Recov
- Raundes al. Rawnes 1651 ib
- Rance 1712 Morton
Etymology
This is OE (æt þæm ) randum , 'at the borders or edges,' v. rand .Presumably the place was so called because it lay on the eastern edge of the county. The name of the local marble, Rance Rag , preserves the old pronunciation of the name.