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.

Landsherestone

Field in the Parish of Woolland

Historical Forms

  • Landsherestone 1384 Prideaux
  • Landschoreston ' 1385 MiltRoll

Etymology

Landsherestone 1384(e16), Landschoreston' 1385(e15)('boundary stone', v. land-sc(e)aru, land-scoru, stān)