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.

Ullock

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dean

Historical Forms

  • Ulnelaike (sic print) 1248 StB
  • Uluelaykes c.1265 Hesley
  • Uluelaik 1279 Ass
  • Wluelaykis 1277 For
  • Ulleyk 1295 Ipm
  • Ullayk(e) 1334,1367 Ipm 1338 Cl
  • Ullocke 1570 FF
  • Ullocke Maines 1633 Cocker

Etymology

'Place where wolves play,' v. úlfr , leikr . Cf. Ullock supra 315, infra 373.