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.

Laconby

Other OS name in the Parish of Gosforth

Historical Forms

  • Lakynbye, Lakenby 1548 SP

Etymology

[ leikənbi ] is Lakynbye , Lakenby 1548SP . The forms are late , but the name may well be an ancient formation in – . It may be identical with Lackenby(PN NRY 159) , in which the first element seems to be OIr  Lochán .