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.

Loxbeare

Major Settlement in the Parish of Loxbeare

Historical Forms

Lochesbera 1086 DB

Lockesbere 1205 FF 1326 Ipm

Lokeberga 1195 FF

Lokkesberg 1249 Ass

Etymology

'Locc 's wood,' v. bearu , with later confusion of second elements.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site