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.

Ravenstock Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Essendine

Historical Forms

  • Far Ravenstock, First Ravenstock 1844 TA

Etymology

( local ) , Far Ravenstock , First Ravenstock 1844TA ; if this is an early name , then probably ' Hræfn's dairy-farm ' , v. stoc .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement