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.

Rackenthwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Etymology

, 1660Dep , v. þveit ; the first el . may be OE racente ' chain ' , cf. dial . reckan ' a swinging bar for the suspension ofpans over a fire ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement