Great Longstone
Major Settlement in the Parish of Great Longstone
Historical Forms
- Lang(e)sdune 1086 DB 1225 FF
- Langesdon(e), Langisdon(e), Langesdon(e) John DbCh e.13th 1258 FF 1365 WollCh
- Langedon 1200 P 1207 1280 RegLich
- Longesdune 1086 DB
- Longisdune, Longesdon(e) 1215,1262 LichChart Hy3 WollCh Eliz DuLa
- Longedon 1225,1262 LichChart
- Long(e)sden 1305 Ipm 1568,1576 Woll 1577 DbAi
- Longston 1339 DbAxi 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed
- Magna Longesdon(e), Magna Longisdon(e), Magna Longesdon(e) 1275 RH 1330 Ass 1379 BelCh 1539 Woll
- Mikell Longesdone 1365 WollCh
- Mykell Longeston 1456 Woll
Etymology
Perhaps 'Lang's hill', v. dūn , with some confusion of the second element with denu and later replacement by tūn . Cf. Longsdon (PN St 97) and for the OE pers.n. *Lang cf. Feilitzen 308. This seems preferable to Ekwall's suggestion (DEPN) that the ridge was first called Lang , to which was added an explanatory dūn .