Lakehouse
Early-attested site in the Parish of Rushbury
Historical Forms
- La Lak' 1255–6 Ass
- Lake 1295–6,71–2 Ass
- La Lake (p), Lacu (p), Lak' 1261–2 ForProc
- Laken 1301 SAC
- Lake House 1833 OS
Etymology
OE lacu 'small stream', frequently used in place-names for a side- channel of a river, occasionally for a drainage channel. This last is the likely sense here. The 6″ map shows clearly that the stretch of Lakehouse Brook between the hamlet and Eastwall has been canalised, presumably for drainage reasons.
Lacon in Wem (Part 1) derives from the dative plural of lacu, and this may lie behind the form from 1301 SAC.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Longville in the Dale
- Lushcott
- Court Ho
- Musgreve
- Oak Wd, Oakwood Fm
- Ape Dale
- Coats
- Gilberries
- Stanway
- Wilderhope
- The Ditches
- Lutwyche
Other OS name
- The Larches
- Longville Coppice
- New Pltn
- Oakham
- Sapling Coppice
- Warwicks Head
- The Wood
- Woodside
- Black Wd
- Coats Wd
- Crab Wd
- Heath Brook
- Heath Common
- Hedgefields Barn
- High Wd
- Manor Fm
- Roman Bank
- Hill End
- Sharpstones
- Wondrell Coppice
- Brook Ho
- Coley Brook
- Hargrove Wd, Hargrove Cottage and Hargrove Fm
- Lutwyche Arms Inn
- Peartree
- Plough Inn
- Wallsbank
- Bloemfontain Gorse
- The Bog
- Brick Kiln Pltn
- Crowfield Pltn
- Fegg
- Greens Rough
- Hope's Cross
- Murder Pool
- Pilgrim Cottage and Pilgrim Lane
- Pudding Bag
- Rickhouse Coppice
- Wilderhope Coppice
- Wrensnest
- The Yeld