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.

The Rake

Other OS name in the Parish of Bassenthwaite

Historical Forms

  • Rakes 1784 West

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Rakes 1784West . v. reik .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement