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.

Oaks

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • the Aykes 1608 PR
  • the Oaks 1619 ib
  • the Okes 1661 ib

Etymology

, the Aykes 1608 PR, the Oaks 1619 ib, the Okes 1661 ib , v. āc ' oak-tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement