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Survey of English Place-Names

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Aike

Major Settlement in the Parish of Lockington

Historical Forms

  • Ach 1086 DB
  • Ake 1150–60 Melsa t.John AddCh 1202 FF 1236 Meaux 1650 ParlSurv
  • Ak 1276 RH 1306–7 BevAct
  • Hac 1238 Ch
  • Hak 1246 FF
  • Ayk 1285 KI
  • Ayke, Aike 1305 BevAct 1828 Langd

Etymology

'At the oak-tree,' v. ac . On the modern pronunciation v. Introd. xxviii; [arəm] is Arram in Hunsley Beacon infra 161.Cf. also Barf Hill infra 190.

Places in the same Parish