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.

Locke Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Halstock

Historical Forms

  • Locke (Dairy Ho) 1842 TA

Etymology

, 1799ERO , Locke (Dairy Ho )1842TA , one of Thomas Hollis 's commemorative names , here alluding to John Locke ( 1632 – 1704 ) , English philosopher whose Treatises on Government aimed at justifying the Revolution .