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.

Rowfoot

Other OS name in the Parish of Ainstable

Historical Forms

  • (ye) Rawhead 1638 Boothby 1642 Moulton

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) . Cf. the Rawffoote yeat 1625 in contrast to (ye ) Rawhead 1638Boothby , 1642 Moulton . v. rāw .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement