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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sunley Rains

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Sunholgate 1362 Vyner
  • Sunley Raynes 1629 WillY

Etymology

Sunley Rains, 1822 Langd, Sunholgate 1362Vyner , Sunley Raynes 1629 WillY. OE  sunne 'sun', used in the sense 'sunny' or 'south', hol 1 'hollow', rein 'boundary strip'.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site