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.

Raw

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • the Raw 1709 WMB
  • Raw End 1839 ValS

Etymology

, the Raw 1709 WMB, Raw End 1839ValS , v. rāw ' row ofhouses ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name