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.

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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. Drake's Fm (Other OS name, Peasemore, Berkshire)

  5. 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

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

    , 1833 Hall

  7. Drakenage (Other OS name, Plumpton, Sussex)

    ( 6 ″ ) is a modern house named after the place of this name in Warwickshire (M.S.H.)

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

    , cf. Drakers Crooks below