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.

Langton

Other OS name in the Parish of Langton Herring

Etymology

Cross , on the par . bdy with Portisham and ' presumably medieval ' ( RCHM 1130 ) , cf. Langton Cross (or Yonder Ground ), (Langton ) Cross Piece 1841TA , v. cros .