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.

Loak

Field in the Parish of Happisburgh

Historical Forms

  • 1840 TA

Etymology

Loak(v. OED s.v. loke'short, narrow, blind lane; a private lane', esp.East Anglia, from OE  loca, v. EDD s.v.)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement