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.

Rakehead

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Etymology

, 1823 M , dial . rake ' a steep narrow sheep track up afell-side ' ( v. hraca ) , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site