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.

Lacon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wem

Historical Forms

  • Lach 1086 DB
  • Lak' 1255-6 Ass
  • Lack' 1271-2 Ass
  • Lakene 1271-2 Ass 1397 Cl
  • Laken 1284-5 FA 1529 SBL
  • Lacken 1695 Morden
  • Lakoun 1439,40 Cl
  • Lacon 1577 Saxton
  • Lakon 1652 PR(L)
  • Lackon 1701 ib
  • Laketon 1597,1601 PR(L)
  • Leacon 1783 PR(L)

Etymology

This is the dative plural of OE  lacu, which is used in place- names in the senses 'small stream', 'side-channel of a river' and 'drainage channel'. The last seems the appropriate one here.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name