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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lake Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Cromhall

Historical Forms

  • Lackemede c.1560 Surv
  • Lake Meade c.1603 TRMB

Etymology

, 1839TA , cf. Lake Mead 1839 ib ( Lackemede c. 1560Surv ,Lake Meade c. 1603TRMB ) , v. lacu ' stream ' .