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.

Loxwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wisborough Green

Historical Forms

  • Logeswod 1263 FF
  • Lo(c)keswod(e) 1288 Ass 1296 SR 1385 VCHii.263
  • Lokeswodeshagh 1385 VCHii.263
  • Lowkswode 1520 SAC12,92

Etymology

'Locc's wood,' v. wudu .