Lathbury
Major Settlement in the Parish of Lathbury
Historical Forms
- Late(s)berie 1086 DB
- Lateberia Johannis 1167 P
- Lateburia al. Lateberia 1185 RotDom
- Lattesbri 1199 Cur
- Latebyria 1223 Bract
- Latebiry 1225 Pat 1227 Bract 1235 Fees468 1247 Ass
- Late(s)bire 1227 Ass
- Latebur(e) 1232 Bract 1235 Fees464 1241 Ass
- Lattebiry 1232 Bract
- Lathbury 1241 Ass 1490 Ipm
- Latthebyre 1241 Ass
- Lathebir 1255 For
- Lattebyr 1262 Ass
- Latthebury 1276 Ipm 1326,1344 Pat 1352,1357 Cl
- Lasceburi 1282 Ipm
- Lathebiri 1284 FA
- Lathebury 1302 FA 1316 Fine 1325 ADi 1373 Cl
- Lath(e)bery 1367 Pat
- Lathesbury 1368 Orig
- Laithebury 1373 Cl
Etymology
This is possibly a compound of the ordinary word lath and bury (v. burh ), the reference being to some feature of the structure of the burh . The variant forms of the name would agree well with this suggested etymology, for the word lath itself has forms latte and latthe in ME, the relationship of which to one another is a matter of difficulty. v. NED s.v.