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.

Lower Okeford

Other OS name in the Parish of Child Okeford

Historical Forms

  • Child Ockford Lower Farm 1725 DCMDeed
  • Ockford Inferior 1753 Hutch3
  • Mr Seymer's Manor or Ockford Inferior or Lower 1774 Hutch1

Etymology

( lost , ST 831132 ) , 1811OS , Child Ockford Lower Farm 1725DCMDeed , Ockford Inferior 1753 Hutch3, Mr Seymer 's Manor or Ockford Inferior or Lower 1774 Hutch1 , the DB manor held by the Count of Mortain (VCHDo 384) , cf. par . name supra and v. Hutch3 478–9 .