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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ravens' Tor

Other OS name in the Parish of Wirksworth

Historical Forms

  • Ravenslowe 1415 DuLaMB
  • Raventor late17th CPG

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Ravenslowe 1415DuLaMB , Raventor late 17thCPG , ' raven's hill ' , v. hræfn , hlāw . This is the only certain example noted where there has been an interchange of hlāw and torr .