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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lowsay

Other OS name in the Parish of Holme St Cuthbert

Historical Forms

  • Lowsehowe 1604 DKRxxxviii
  • Lowsay 1649 ParlSurv 1664 Ct
  • Lowsey 1718–21 CWiii
  • Loosey 1748 PR(Stanwix)
  • Lousey 1768 CWxvi

Etymology

is Lowsehowe 1604 DKR xxxviii, Lowsay 1649ParlSurv , 1664Ct , Lowsey 1718–21 CW iii, Loosey 1748 PR (Stanwix),Lousey 1768 CW xvi . This is probably ' pig-stye hill , ' from OE  hlōse and haugr .