Rake

Rake, Liss
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Liss
Hampshire
SU8027
refce: HANTSLOC.t

old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LIII.6

Rake, The
otherwise: Rake, 1327

refce: Coates 1989
RAKE (THE), partly in Sussex
Old English 'hrace, hraca' literally 'throat', topographically probably 'gully, pass'. Rake is in a gap in the hill occupied by 'Hill Brow'.

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001