English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Raikes Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Rilston Reaks 1657 PRRl
  • (th') Reakes 1658 ib
  • rakes 1661 ib
  • Rakes Gates 1840 TA

Etymology

, Rilston Reaks 1657 PRRl, (th ') Reakes 1658 ib, Rils :rakes 1661 ib, Rakes Gates 1840TA , v. hraca , dial . rake ' a steep roughpath, a cattle or sheep walk ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement