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.

Rakes

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Etymology

, 1848TA , dial . rake ' rough path, cattle or sheep walk ' ( v. hraca ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site