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.

Raine Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Castle Sowerby

Historical Forms

  • Rein-house 1809 PR(Dalston)

Etymology

is Rein-house 1809 PR (Dalston) . Cf. Sowerby Rayne 1650ParlSurv and v. rein . Red Spears ( 6 ″ ) . No evidence has so far appeared to explain the association of the service described under this name by Hutchinson ( i , 520 ) with this particular place .