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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.

Rawnsley Hills

Other OS name in the Parish of Rugeley

Etymology

, 1834 O , the form is too late for a certain etymology , but it may be suggested that this is ' ravens ' wood ' , v. hræfn , lēah , with hyll , cf. perhaps Ravenscroft Ch 2 253 , which is interpreted as ' Hræfn's croft or enclosure ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement