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.

Lyzzick Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Underskiddaw

Historical Forms

  • Losaikes c.1220 Fountains
  • Lesakes 1343 Cl
  • Lesake 1563 PR(Crosth)
  • Lesayke 1564 ib
  • Lezake, Lysack 1567 ib
  • Lissake 1599 ib
  • Leasick 1570 PR(Crosth)
  • Lisick halle 1608 ib
  • Lizwick 1622 ib

Etymology

The medieval forms in Los - and Les - suggest that the first element is ON  ljóss , 'bright, shining.' The second element is eik, 'oak.' Cf. possibly Lysicks (137).