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Survey of English Place-Names

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The Lake

Other OS name in the Parish of Coombe Keynes

Etymology

, a pool on the par . bdy in Luckford Lake , v. lake , cf. foll. ; an earlier name for it might be le Mere 1423Weld 1et freq to 1443ib , la Mere 1429ib , v. mere 1 ' a pool ' , and Jolyfmer ad finem ville de Combe 1446Rent may also belong here , perhaps ' pleasant pool ' , v. jolif , but cf. Marg ' Jollyffe 1618Weld 1 ( Wool ) .