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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rack End

Other OS name in the Parish of Standlake

Historical Forms

  • Rach End c.1840 TA

Etymology

is Rach End c. 1840TA , cf. Rackend street 1683Bodl . The first element is probably dialect rack , ' a narrow passage , ' which occurs also in the street - names of Oxford ( 42 ) .