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.

Clay Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of Horkstow

Etymology

, situated near “ Brick Works ” . Clay Cl in f. ns . ( a ) infra , is not associated with Clay Pit , being itself situated on the boundary with Saxby All Saints , next to the road from Saxby to Horkstow .