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.

Claylake (Copse)

Other OS name in the Parish of Verwood

Etymology

, cf. Clay Lake Corner &Clay Lake Plot 1846ib , ' clay stream ' , from clǣg and lacu , with reference to a small tributary of R . Crane .