English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Drakelow Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Rudheath Lordship

Historical Forms

  • Occleshaw Lane 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1842 ib , formerly Occleshaw Lane 1831 Bry , cf. Ackersey 1841TA , from a p.n. which may contain sc(e)aga ' a copse, a wood ' .