Leckhampstead
Major Settlement in the Parish of Leckhampstead
Historical Forms
- Lechamstede 811 BCS352 c.1200 BCS366 821 BCS996 c.1200 ASWrits 956–9 c.1200 m.11th c.1200
- Læhham stede 821 BCS366 c.1240
- (æt) Leachamstede, (æ) lecham stede 943 BCS789 c.1240
- Lecanestede 1086 DB
- Lechhamesteda 1167 P
- Lekhamsteda, Lechamsteda 1176 ib
- Lekamsted' 1220 Fees
- Leckhampsted 1316 FA
- Lekhampstede 1417–18 ObAcc
- Lekehamstede 1517 DInc
- Leykhamstede 1286 Ipm
- Leychampsted 1308 Ch
- Lakamstede 13th Abingdon
- Lackhamstead 1761 Rocque
Etymology
v. hāmstede . The prefix, as in Leckhampstead Bk 43 and Leckhampton Gl 2, 109, is lēac 'leek, garlic'. BCS 352 and 366 are spurious.