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.

Larkborough

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bretforton

Historical Forms

  • Lauerkeboerge, Lauergeboerge 709 BCS125 12th

Etymology

'Lark-hill,' v. lawerce , beorg . Middendorf quotes similar compounds laweorcdun (BCS 870), laurocan beorg (ib. 1005), lafercan beorh (ib. 1237, 1299). The last two examples are from Evenlode and Cutsdean in this county.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement