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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.

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  1. Drakelow (Parish in Derbyshire)

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

    ( 6 ″ ) , 1850TA

  3. 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 '

  4. 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

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

    , 1833 Hall

  6. Draker's Lane (Other OS name, Bishop Middleham, Durham)

    , cf. Drakers Crooks below

  7. Drakes Gorse (Other OS name, Aylesby, Lincolnshire)

    is probably named from the Rev . T.T . Drake , lord of the manor 1842 White