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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lane Hackings

Other OS name in the Parish of Emley

Historical Forms

  • Lane Hackens 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, 1842TA , Lane Hackens 1843O.S. , v. lane ; Hackings is probably a derivative of ME  hacken ' tohack ' , possibly in the later sense ' plough up soil into ridges ' or the like ; it occurs elsewhere ( Hacking i, 202 , Hackinge i, 220 , iii , 37 , Hacking(s) ii, 232 , iii , 276 , Hacking Croft ( Menston ) pt . iv infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site