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.

Lickfold

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wiggenholt

Historical Forms

  • Lekefold 1509 SRS14,2

Etymology

Lickfold is Lekefold in 1509 (SRS 14, 2). If the first element is OE  leac, 'herb, leek,' the compound may have had much the same meaning as OE  leac-tun, 'kitchen-garden.'

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement