Loxley (Pagham)

Locality
Coordinate	Near 50.76922, -0.746847
Adm. div.	Sussex
Vicinity	In Pagham parish
Type	Settlement
Interest	Literary locale
Status	Defunct
First Record	c. 1600

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Pagham, Bognor Regis, Sussex, where once was a place named Loxley.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-11-23. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.

Pagham where the place-name "Loxelee" is recorded in the early to mid-14th century / Google Earth Street View.

This lost place-name in Pagham parish could be derived from 'Loxa', the name of a stream, but more likely it is from OE lox, 'lynx,' "used here in the form Loxa as a pers. name, hence 'Loxa's clearing' [...] but no certainty is possible." It is recorded as 'Loxelegh', 'Loxelee', and 'Loxeleye' in 1316, 1344 and 1359, respectively.^[1] As this was apparently lost in the 14th century, it seems distinctly unlikely to be the Loxley associated with Robin Hood c. 1600.

Gazetteers

Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.

Sources

Mawer, A.; Stenton, F.M.; Gover, J.E.B. The Place-Names of Sussex (English Place-Name Society, vols. VI-VII) (Cambridge, 1969), pt. I, pp. 94-95.

Also see

Places named Loxley.

Notes

↑ Mawer, A.; Stenton, F.M.; Gover, J.E.B. The Place-Names of Sussex (English Place-Name Society, vols. VI-VII) (Cambridge, 1969), pt. I, pp. 94-95.

Sussex place-names

Place-names

[1] Mawer, A.; Stenton, F.M.; Gover, J.E.B. The Place-Names of Sussex (English Place-Name Society, vols. VI-VII) (Cambridge, 1969), pt. I, pp. 94-95.

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