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.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Field
- Barley Close
- Barrell Hill
- Black Pit
- Blue Gate Piece
- Bonners Lot
- The Breach ( es )
- Cart Close
- Chalk Piece
- Chalk Pit
- Clay Pits
- Colycots
- Coppice Ground
- Denclose
- Forwards
- The Gravels
- Great Ground
- Green Drove
- Heath Fd
- Holly Bush
- Holt Piece
- Home Fd
- Hopes Lot
- Lady Bridge
- Langman Hill
- Lay Fd
- Little Lot
- Long Down
- Longlands
- Milking Piece
- Moorns Hill
- Noys Ground
- Nuttingtons ( Nuttenden )
- Old Crofts ( Oldecrofte )
- Old Lot
- Park Fd
- The Pightle
- Pond Ground
- Pounds Close
- Princes Ground
- Reding Fd ( Reddamfelde )
- Red Lot
- Rough Down Piece
- Small Mdw
- Teg Pin
- Wedges Lot
- The Well Breaches
- Well Piece
- West Close Mdw
- Wheat Close
- White Croft Bottom
- White Hill
- Windmill Hill
- Winters Lot
- Withey Bed Piece
- Yard Acres
- Baylesclyve
- Beche Breche
- Blakegroves
- Borelandes
- Brodeclose
- Calf Close
- Churchefelde
- ( of ) curspandic
- Le Downe ( s )
- Le Drove
- Le Grove
- Hill Close
- Hoddes Green
- Innerclose
- Litle Close
- Longclose
- Merewey
- Le Midleclose
- Le Northerclose
- Northfelde
- Le Olde Felde
- Le Ouer Close and Pudle
- Le Pitbreche
- Pykedbrech
- Le Shepehouse Pidle and Breche
- Lez Springs
- Streteleys
- Le Watercroft
- Le Westegrene
- Wheat Close
- Wode
- Le Woodcroft