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.

Lock Bank

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Lokband (sic) 1429 YDi
  • Lokbanke 1535 VE
  • Lokebanke 1556 Pat
  • Lockbank(e) 1593 NCWills 1606 PR

Etymology

Lock Bank, Lokband (sic)1429 YD i, Lokbanke 1535 VE, Lokebanke 1556 Pat, Lockbank (e )1593 NCWills, 1606 PR. 'Bank near an enclosure', v. loc , banke .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement