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.

Raneleigh

Other OS name in the Parish of Wembury

Historical Forms

  • Ranelegh 1515–18 ECP5,40
  • Raneleygh 1562 FF

Etymology

[ rænəli ] is Ranelegh 1515–18 ECP 5, 40, Raneleygh 1562FF . This may contain OE  rāna , gen . pl . of , ' roe , ' the vowel being early shortened in the trisyllable . v. leah .

Places in the same Parish