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.

Greatlake Fm, Littlelake Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Horley

Historical Forms

  • le Lake, Lakelond t.Hy8 MinAcct
  • ate Lake 1332 SR

Etymology

Greatlake Fm, Littlelake Fm are referred to as le Lake , Lakelond t. Hy 8MinAcct , the home of Richard ate Lake (1332 SR), the reference being to the streams here, one small, the other larger. v. lacu . It is highly probable that the place called æt lace , a denn attached to Merstham manor (BCS 820), is to be identified with one of these two places. v. infra 320.