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.

Lockholme

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Loc(k)holm(e) 1580–1777 PR
  • Loucom(e), Lowcom(e) 1600–1678 ib
  • Louk(e)holm(e), Lowkholm(e) 1713,1778,1790 ib

Etymology

Lockholme, Loc (k )holm (e )1580–1777 PR (freq ), Loucom (e ), Lowcom (e )1600–1678 ib (freq ), Louk (e )holm (e ), Lowkholm (e )1713, 1778, 1790 ib.'Water-meadow where leeks or garlic grew', v. laukr , holmr , cf. Lockhowe (i, 189supra ), with similar forms for the first el.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement