Lowick, Northamptonshire
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| Lowick | |
  Lowick shown within Northamptonshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Shire county | Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire | |
Lowick is a village in Northamptonshire, England. It appears in the Domesday Book as Luhwik, and later as Lofwyk and in 1167 as Luffewich. The name derives from Old English "Luhha's or Luffa's dwelling place", wic being cognate to vicus in Latin.
[edit] References
Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (4th ed.), p. 306.
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