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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ravensclough

Other OS name in the Parish of Weaverham

Historical Forms

  • Rauensclogh' 1503 ChFor
  • Ravens Clough 1812 Sheaf

Etymology

, Rauensclogh '1503ChFor , Ravens Clough 1812 Sheaf , a valley at Ravens Oake Jas 1 Forest and Cuddington , cf. 218infra . ' Raven's dell ' and ' oak-tree ' , from hræfn , perhaps as a pers. n. , and clōh , āc .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site