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Locks Ho & Locks Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Frampton Cotterell

Historical Forms

  • Loxeweye 1290,1301 Ipm
  • Locks 1840 TA

Etymology

( 1830 M ) , Loxeweye 1290, 1301 Ipm, Locks 1840TA , the OE  pers.n. Locc , as in Loxley(Sr 236, Wa 235) , v. weg ; it is partly in Iron Acton (3supra ) .