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.

Rawthorpe (Hall)

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkheaton

Historical Forms

  • Rathorp Hall 1665 Visit

Etymology

, Rawthorpe Hall 1615 WB 6 , Rathorp Hall 1665 Visit , v. þorp ' outlying farmstead ' ; the first el . may be rāw ' row of houses ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name