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.

Rainors

Other OS name in the Parish of Gosforth

Historical Forms

  • Raynrosse 1597 PR
  • Rainors 1772 ib
  • Rawe in Gosforth 1600 CWxiv

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Raynrosse 1597PR , Rainors 1772 ib; Row is Rawe in Gosforth 1600 CW xiv . v. rāw .