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.

Raikes

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Rakes Close 1839 TA

Etymology

, Rakes Close 1839TA , dial . rake ' rough path ' ( v. hraca ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site