Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Langeside, Langesyde 12 Brett c.1190–1214 YCh 1802,1806,1241,1255 FF 1290 Ch 1328 Banco 1375 YDxvi,89

• Langgesid' 1208 YCh1798

• Langside, Langsyde 1208–22 YCh 1358 YDxii,301 1367 Hall 1379 PT 1608 FF

• Langside als. Langsett 1586 FF

• Lanside 1316 Vill

• Langsett 1540 FF 1553 Hall 1597 SessnR

• Longside 1554 Hall

Etymology

'The long hillside', v. lang , sīde , referring to the long steep slope on the north side of the Little Don valley.