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.

Roantree

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • the Rantrye 1592 Comm

Etymology

, the Rantrye 1592Comm , ' themountain ash ' , v. raun , trēow , and for the form Ran - cf. Phonol.§ 8 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement