Village sign of Aslockton
Village sign in Nottinghamshire. Photo Judith Jesch

Village sign of Aslockton Signposts showing Aslockton, Thoroton, Bottesford Signpost showing Aslockton and yellow new housing development sign for Aslakr Park Yellow new housing development sign for Aslakr Park Advertising hoarding for Aslakr Park in Aslockton

Aslockton

Aslockton, Nottinghamshire

Aslockton, in the Bingham Wapentake of Nottinghamshire, comes from the Old Norse male personal name Áslákr and the Old English element tun ‘farm, settlement’. It is thus a hybrid name like others nearby, such as Thoroton and Colston Bassett.

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Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

hybrid name, Nottinghamshire, place-name

Further information

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References

J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire. English Place-Name Society Volume XVII (1940), p. 219.

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