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.

Lake Brook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Fen Stanton

Historical Forms

  • (oð ða ealdan) laca 1012 ProcSocAntiqiii.49 12th

Etymology

v. lacu , the reference being to some slow-moving fen-land stream.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement