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.

Raw Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Etymology

( 109–508548 ) , 1819 Orm2 , the northern summit of Bickerton Hill , v. hrēaw ( hraw - ) , hēafod , cf . ' the naked summit of Raw Head' Orm2 ii644 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site