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.

Axe and Square

Other OS name in the Parish of Countesthorpe

Historical Forms

  • Axe and Square 1846,1863,1877 White 1925 Kelly

Etymology

( P.H . ) , Axe and Square 1846, 1863, 1877 White, 1925Kelly ; a craft - related tavern name of a type which developed in the first half of the 19th cent. , here poss . an indication of its landlord 's subsidiary occupation , v. Cox passim .