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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lockthwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Etymology

, 1653FF , 1663Dep , ' clearing used asan enclosure ' , v. loc(a) , þveit , or ON  lok , a kind of fern or weed .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site