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.

Rowantree

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Rantree 1846 TA

Etymology

, 1858 O.S. , Rantree 1846TA , v. raun ' mountain ash ' , on the form Ran - cf. Phonol. § 8 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement