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.

Raglis

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tardebigge

Etymology

This is probably manorial in origin. The surname de Raggeleye is found in the Subsidy Roll of 1275, the family doubtless coming from Ragley (Wa).