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. Mountstephen Ho (Early-attested site, Halberton, Devon)

    Whether the family was of local origin we cannot say. The place is on a hill. The form suggests that the name was coined in England and not in

  2. 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. )

  3. Marshrow (Other OS name, Exminster, Devon)

    ( 6 ″ ) is Marshbrowe 1611, Marshrowe 1671Recov . The b is probably a clerical error . The place lies in flat land by the Exe

  4. 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 . ) ,

  5. Sinks Beck (Other OS name, Holme East Waver, Cumberland)

    Sinkes yeate 1635 Ct

    ( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Sinkes yeate 1635Ct . Sink is probably used here in the sense of ' drain, sewer , ' v. NED s. v. sink sb . , 1 b