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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rakes Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Kildwick

Historical Forms

  • Silsden Rakes 1714 PRKld

Etymology

, 1846TA , Silsden Rakes 1714 PRKld , dial . rake ' arough path ' ( v. hraca ) , used in the Craven hill country esp . of a range or walk for sheep and cattle , as in Hartlington Rakes 91infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name