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.

Loxbrook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broad Clyst

Historical Forms

  • Lokesbrok 1281 Ass 1333 SR
  • Lokysbroke 1422 Ass

Etymology

'Locc 's brook,' cf. Loxbeare, Loxhore supra 540, 63.