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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.

Lewknor Hundred

Hundred in the County of Oxfordshire

Historical Forms

  • Levecanol(e) 1086 DB
  • Luueclon 1161–2 P
  • Leuekenora 1168–9 P 1300 Ipm
  • Luukenor 1219 Fees
  • Leukenor' 1220 Cl 1316 FA
  • Leweknore 1254–5 RH

Etymology

v. Lewknor infra 112–13. The -l - in the earliest forms is an Anglo-Norman spelling.