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.

Locksash

Early-attested site in the Parish of East, North and Up Marden

Historical Forms

  • Lokesh'es 12th Box
  • Lokesers c.1230 Box
  • Huplokeshes 1227 FF
  • Lokeshassh 1307 Ass

Etymology

This is probably 'Locc's ersc.' The Hup - in the 1227 form suggests that there may have been a High and Low Locksash, corresponding probably to the present-day Locksash and Old Locksash.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement