Wakehou
Field in the Parish of Croxton
Historical Forms
- Wakehou Hy3 Newh c.1240 HarlCh
Etymology
Wakehou Hy3(Ed1) Newh, c.1240(Dr John Insley suggeststhat the first el. is perhaps a byname from ON vakr'watchful'(cf. Reaney s.n.Wake) and haugr'a(burial) mound, a hill')