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Rake Ho(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of West Kirby

Historical Forms

  • Rackhowse 1534 Sheaf319 1560
  • the Rake House 1535,1608 Brownbill

Etymology

( lost , 100–233877 ) , 1847TAMap 289 , Rackhowse 1534 (1560) Sheaf3 19 (4645), the Rake House 1535, 1608 Brownbill 177, 187 , ' house by a lane ' , v. rake , hūs . It adjoined Long Rake Fm 301infra .