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.

Docker Beck

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Docker becke 1686 ShpPn
  • Docker 1560 PR

Etymology

, Docker becke 1686 ShpPn160, named from the local family of Docker (1560et passim PR 2,etc.) , v. bekkr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement