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.

Labour-In-Vain

Other OS name in the Parish of Puncknowle

Etymology

( Labour - In - Vain Fm 1 ″ ) , cf. Hr Labour in Vain , Lr Labour in Vain & Middle Labour in Vain 1839TA , a derogatory name for intractable land ( Field 120 ) .