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.

Lake

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wilsford

Historical Forms

  • Lak(e) 1289 Ass 1316 FA 1325 Pat 1332 SR 1409 FF

Etymology

Lake is Lak (e )1289Ass , 1316 FA, 1325 Pat, 1332SR , 1409FF .This is OE  lacu, 'streamlet.' There is no stream here except the Avon, but the name may have referred to one of the little branches of the main stream just to the south.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site