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.

Poke Lane Close

Field in the Parish of Mickleover

Historical Forms

  • 1846 Survey

Etymology

Poke Lane Close(probably the commonname for a cul-de -sac, from pohha'bag' and lanu)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement