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.

Lawkland

Major Settlement in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Lauk(e)land 12,Ric1 Puds 1379 PT 1383 MinAcct
  • Lauk(e)landes 1224 Font
  • Louk(e)landes 1251 YI 1327 Ipm 1400 YI
  • Louk(e)land 1328 Banco
  • Lawekeland 1383 MinAcct
  • Lawk(e)land(e) 1589,1614 FF
  • Laickeland als. Lawkeland 1597 FF
  • Lakeland 1618–1665 PRClp 1789 PRBl

Etymology

'Land where leeks were grown', v. laukr , land . An exact parallel is ON  Laukeland (cf. NG i, 263 s.n. Løkkeberg ). On the development of Lauk - to Lake - cf. Phonol. § 8.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement