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.

Rawstick Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pulborough

Historical Forms

  • Rostocke 1620 SRS14,226

Etymology

Rawstick Fm is Rostocke in 1620 (SRS 14, 226), v. stocc . The forms are too late to decide whether the first element is ruh , 'rough,' when it would mean 'rough stump.'