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.

Nancy Fox Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Askham

Etymology

Nancy Fox Lane (6″). Cf. Nancy Fox Field c. 1840TA . Joseph and Richard Fox were tenants in the parish in 1840 (ib.).