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.

Ewe Locks

Other OS name in the Parish of Crosby Ravensworth

Etymology

, 1859OS , like the preceding , the name refers to the embanked enclosures of an ancient settlement ( described in RCHM 83 – 5 ) at grid 83 – 611127 , v. eowu , loca ' fold ' .