Loxley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Loxley
Historical Forms
- Locsetena gemære 985 KCD651 11th
- Lockeslea, Loccheslega 11th Heming
- Locheshā, Locheslei 1086 DB
- Lochamweia 1249 Madox
- Lochesle t.Hy1 Kenilworth 1428 FA
- Lokele 1196 Cur 1232 FF
- Lockley 1542 LP
- Loxley 1535 VE
Etymology
'Locc 's clearing or wood,' v. leah . Cf. Loxley (PN St 98), Loxbeare (PN D 540) and Loxley (PN Sr 236). The first form occurs in the bounds of Alveston and Tiddington and shows the OE gemære , 'boundary,' added, as usual in such cases, to the first element of the place-name compounded with sæte , 'inhabitants.' Cf. s. n. Broadwas, PN Wo 103–4.