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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.

Rakestraw

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Etymology

, 1843TA , named from the family of John Rakestraw , Rakestray , Isabell Raikstraw , etc . ( 1661 , 1671 , ( B ) 85 , 192 , 324 etc . ) , ' one who rakes straw ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name