Lamerton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Lamerton
Historical Forms
- lamburnan, of lamburnan (dat.) c.970 BCS1247
- Lambretona 1086 DB
- Lamberton(e) 1232 Ch 1238 Ass 1265 Exon 1284 FA
- Lamerton' 1242 Fees756
- Lammerton 1749 FF
Etymology
'tunby the Lumburn stream,' v. supra 9. The earliest reference is to a place, not to the river. Probably the river-name, like Meavy infra 229, applied then to the whole manor.