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.

Douglaslake Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Fittleworth

Historical Forms

  • Dokellyslake 1545 VCH

Etymology

Douglaslake Fm is Dokellyslake in 1545 (VCH ). v. lacu . The first element is probably the pers. name Duccel seen in Ducklington (O). The pers. name Dokel , Dukel is found in Sussex in the Subsidy Rolls (v. Index to SRS 10).

Places in the same Parish