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.
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Wreakes Lane
Wreakes Lane
Other OS name in the Parish of Dronfield Woodhouse
Historical Forms
Rakes Lane
1623
Portland
Etymology
,
Rakes
Lane
1623
Portland
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Barnes Fm
Cowley
Mickley
Stubley
Upton
Other OS name
Asher Wood
Biggin Lea
Birchin Lee Fm, Birkin Lea Terrace
The Carr
Cowley Gore
Gosforth Fm, Gosforth Lane
Green Wood
Hirst Hollow
Kitchen Wood
Northern Common
Oxclose Fm
Rod Moor
St George's Fm
Sloads Ho
Spring Wood
Summerwood Top
Wreakes Ho
Major Settlement
Dronfield Woodhouse