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.

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  1. Hodgson Mill (Other OS name, Brough, Westmorland)

    , named from the local family of Hodg (e )son ( 1560 ff , ( B ) freq , 1672 NWm 105 , 1761 CW xix, 148, etc. )

  2. New England (Other OS name, Derby Hills, Derbyshire)

    ( 6 ″ ) , 1771EnclA , v. infra 759

  3. New England (Other OS name, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire)

    is so named c. 1825 (O.S.)

  4. New England (Other OS name, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire)

    is in the far north - west of the parish . v. infra 293

  5. Rakestraw (Other OS name, Brough, Westmorland)

    , 1843TA , named from the family of John Rakestraw , Rakestray , Isabell Raikstraw , etc . ( 1661 , 1671 , ( B ) 85 , 192 , 324 etc . ) ,