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Survey of English Place-Names

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Temple Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chilvers Coton

Historical Forms

  • Lotemonnesende t.Hyiv ADiii
  • Luttemansende 1468,1610 FF
  • Lutmansend 1624 ib

Etymology

Temple Ho. Cf. le Temple balke t. Hy 3 AD iii, le Temple de Coton 1407 AD iv, Temple Parke 1540AOMB , Temple house in Lutmansend 1632 DKR xxxix, representing the land held by the Templars in 1185 (Templars 32). v. balke infra 321. The alternative 17th-century name (Lotemonnesende t. Hy iv AD iii, Luttemansende 1468, 1610FF , Lutmansend 1624 ib.) is probably to be associated with the family of Robert Loteman found in Long Itchington in the 1332 Subsidy Roll.

Places in the same Parish