English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Little Longstone

Major Settlement in the Parish of Little Longstone

Historical Forms

  • Little Langesdon(e) (sic) 1252 FF
  • Parva Langesdon(e) 1300 1365 WollCh
  • Parva Longesdon(e), Parva Longisdon(e), Parva Longesdon(e) Hy3 AddCh 1306 Ass 1330 Ass 1430 Woll

Etymology

v. lȳtel and Great Longstone supra 138.