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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dragon's Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Warmingham

Historical Forms

  • Dragons Lake 1839 TA 1842 OS
  • the Dragon's pool 1819 Orm2

Etymology

, named from Dragons Lake 1839TA , 1842 OS, the Dragon 's pool 1819 Orm2 , so called from its association in popular tradition with the dragon of the Venables family ( a wyvern as their crest , Orm 2 iii 236 ) , v. lake , pōl 1 .