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.

The Loundes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blisworth

Historical Forms

  • the Lound, the Lound pitts, Lowne pitts 1672 LRMB
  • Blisworth Lowns c.1825 O.S.

Etymology

The Loundes is the Lound , the Lound pitts , Lowne pitts 1672LRMB , Blisworth Lowns c. 1825 O.S. This is ON  lundr, 'grove.'Cf. Long Lown Wood infra 187.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement