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.

Greatrake Mine

Other OS name in the Parish of Carsington

Historical Forms

Greate rayke 1592 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Greate rayke 1592 ib , ' great lead-mine ' , v. grēat , rake .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Ows Low

Major Settlement

Carsington