Loxley (Stratford-upon-Avon)

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Loxley.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-15. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-12.

Loxley, meaning "Locc's clearing or wood", is first recorded as early as 985.

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

• Gover, J.E.B.; Mawer, Allen; Stenton, F.M.; Houghton, F.T. S. The Place-Names of Warwickshire (English Place-Name Society, vol. XIII) (Cambridge, 1936), p.235.

Background

• Wikipedia: Warwickshire.

Notes