Lertwell
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ashbury
Historical Forms
- Lottewelle 1235–52 GlastonRent
- Lortwell, Lortewyll 1519 Ashmole
Etymology
Lertwell, Lottewelle 1235–52 GlastonRent, Lortwell , Lortewyll 1519 Ashmole. Cf. lortanbroke , lortanberwe 947 (14th) BCS 828, near the stream which rises at Lertwell, v. Pt 3. Searle infers a pers.n. Lorta from lortan hlæw in the bounds of BCS 705 (in Enford W), and the Berks names could be explained as 'Lorta's spring' (v. w(i)ella), 'brook' (v. brōc ) and 'barrow' (v. beorg ). Alternatively, the first el. might be lort(e) 'dirt, mud, swamp', or a stream-name from it, cf. Lortemere Lane in Reading, Pt 1172.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Berry Croft
- Longmead Plantation
- Ashbury Hill
- Botley Copse
- Bourton Gate
- Claremont Villa
- College Fm
- Dean Bottom
- Down Folly
- Elm Tree Fm
- Featherbed Lane
- Fern Copse and Fern Fm
- Hailey Wood
- Ham Copse
- Honeybunch Corner
- Idstone Down
- Ivy Cottage
- Kingstone Barn, Kingstone Fm, Kingstone Folly, Lower Kingstone Mill and Upper Kingstone Mill
- Kingstone Coombes
- Ashbury Folly
- Kingstone Down
- Middle Wd
- New Rd
- North Mill
- Rectory Fm
- Red Barn
- Red Copse
- Rubbing Ho
- Ruffinswick Fm
- St. Hubert's Chapel
- Snivelling Corner
- Tanner's Barn and Tanner's Pond
- Three Barrows
- Tower Hill
- Trunk Pond
- Upper Wd
- Weathercock, Weathercock Hill
- Westleaze
- Whiteshere
- Winslow Bank
- Alfred's Castle
- Botley Bottom
- Manor Ho