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Survey of English Place-Names

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  1. Drake Lane (Other OS name, Acton, Cheshire)

    , probably an aphetic form from The Rake Lane with a reduced def . art . , v. rake ' a narrow path, a lane '

  2. Drakelow Gorse Fm (Other OS name, Rudheath Lordship, Cheshire)

    Fox Covert 1831 Bry; Coppice 1842 OS

    , v. gorst , cf. Fox Covert 1831 Bry , Coppice 1842 OS

  3. Drake Car (Other OS name, Mellor, Derbyshire)

    ( 6 ″ ) , 1850TA

  4. Drakelow (Parish in Derbyshire)

  5. Drakelowe Park (Other OS name, Drakelow, Derbyshire)

    , 1833 Hall

  6. Drake's Fm (Other OS name, Wambrook, Dorset)

    Drake 1550 Midd

    , 1863Hutch3 , cf. John Drake (a tenant) 1550Midd

  7. Drake's Lane (Other OS name, Cheselbourne, Dorset)

  8. Drakes Mill (Other OS name, Stalbridge, Dorset)

    le Myll lane 1599 Prideaux

    ( lost , ST 737164 ) , cf. le Myll lane 1599Prideaux , v. West Mill infra for other references to mills in Stalbridge

  9. Wheldrake (Parish in East Riding of Yorkshire)

  10. Wheldrake Hall (Other OS name, Wheldrake, East Riding of Yorkshire)

    de Aula 1301 LS; Hallefeld 13th Font

    ( 6 ″ ) . Cf. William de Aula 1301 LS , Hallefeld 13th Font