Outside Preston in Lancashire there is a little place called Nog Tow. Does anyone know the origin of the name?

If no one knows the origin, has anyone any ideas how I might go about finding out?

Outside Preston in Lancashire there is a little place called Nog Tow. Does anyone know the origin of the name?
Nog is an old English dialect word (from East Anglia) of obscure origins that was used to describe a kind of strong beer (hence noggin)





Tow is an Old English word meaning white/flaxen.





I don't know if that means that the two put together is really the meaning of this name, or if there is a more exact, historical meaning.





I used google, searched word meanings... Old English Nog and Tow
Reply:According to web sites about Lancashire area, Nog Tow has existed for close to 200 years. The word Tow in the name could be a reference to a boat being towed along a canal or a river nearby, which ws not uncommon those days.