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.

Rayside

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Rasate c.1200 NWm
  • Raset 1343 ShpDd
  • Raside 1594 PR
  • Racet(t) 1540 DRH 1547 MinAcct 1589 PR
  • Racyde 1600 ib
  • Rayside 1577,1613 PR 1625 FF
  • Raysett 1593 ShpPn
  • Rasehead 1686 PR
  • Raishead 1823 M

Etymology

'Roebuck shieling', v. , sǽtr , cf. Rayseat (ii, 40supra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement