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.
Survey of English place-names
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Loxboro Wood
Loxboro Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of West Wycombe
Historical Forms
Lockesburwe
1326
FF
Etymology
'Locc's
burh
or
beorg
.'
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Averingdown (Fm)
Booker
Chawley (Fm)
Chorley (Fm)
Desborough Castle
Fastendich
Fillington (Fm)
Green End
Hearnton Wood
Tilbury
Towerage
Widdenton Park Wood
