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.

Far and Near Lakewolf

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dalston

Historical Forms

  • Lekwlf' c.1340–50 Carliol
  • Le Wolffe 1533,1536 CCt
  • leck wolfe 1601 PR
  • leckoufe 1606 ib
  • Lakewoofhill 1674 CCt
  • ye Lakewoofe 1679 CW(OS)vii

Etymology

This is apparently an inversion compound, the first element being Gaelic  leac , 'slab stone' or 'flat rock,' and the second the personal name Úlfr , the whole meaning 'Ulfs flat rock.'