Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Reinbergha 1145 Fount

• Raineberga 1186 Brett

• Reinesberga, Rainesberga c.1154 Brett 1154 Pont 1154–9 YCh1665

• Reinesbergh 1155–8 ib

• Remesbergh (sic) Hy2 Ch 1230

• Raynber, Rainber 1512 Brett 1646 PRWath

• Rainbargh 1566,1593 FF

• Raynebarghe Grange 1592 WillY

• Rainbrow-Park 1822 Langd

Etymology

'Regen's hill', v. beorg . The pers.n. Regen or Rægen is not on record, but appears in Rainton YN 185. It may well be a shortened form of a native OE  Regngār , Regenhere , etc., as it is of OE  Regenwald in Rainton Du. This seems more likely than OE  regn 'rain' (denoting 'a rainy hill', which is perhaps the sense in Rainhill La), even though the use of the gen.sg. regnes could be paralleled by Snowshill Gl (from snāw 'snow').