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.

Loxley

Other OS name in the Parish of Spofforth

Historical Forms

  • Loxlay 1402 YDx
  • Louselay 1817 M

Etymology

, Loxlay 1402 YD x, Louselay 1817 M , probably of similar origin to Loxley i, 225supra , ' Locc's clearing ' , v. lēah ; on the change of - x - to - s - cf. Phonol. § 44 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name