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.

Loxhore

Major Settlement in the Parish of Loxhore

Historical Forms

  • Loches(s)ora 1086 DB
  • Lokesore 1256 Ass
  • Lokkesore 1244 Ass 1324 Ipm
  • Logeshor' 1238 Ass
  • Overlockysore, Nitherlockysore 1303 FA
  • Overalockissore juxta Shirewille 1339 Ass

Etymology

'Locc 's bank or slope,' v. ora . Cf. Loxbeare infra 540.

Places in the same Parish