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.

Sykes

Other OS name in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • Syckes 1581 WillY

Etymology

, 1423MinAcct , Syckes 1581 WillY , v. sīc ' stream ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name