Lendham
Early-attested site in the Parish of Tilehurst
Historical Forms
- Lewdehammesweylet 1462 Bodl
- Lewdehammesweylete 1469 ib
- Lewdham Close, Field and Ground 1843 TA
Etymology
Lendham, Lewdehammesweylet 1462Bodl , (way called) Lewdehammesweylete 1469ib , Lewdham Close , Field and Ground 1843TA .OE weg -(ge )lǣte 'road-junction', added to the gen. of a p.n. Lewdehamm 'Lēofede's hamm'; v. (ge)lǣt, and Feilitzen 322 for the pers.n. Lendham is near a cross-roads. The first el. may have been altered to avoid association with the word lewd .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Alder Copse
- Back Lane
- Barefoots Barn, Barefoots Copse
- Beal's Copse, Beal's Fm, Beal's Plantation
- Great Birch Copse, Little Birch Copse
- Boxgrove Cottage, Boxgrove Wood
- Broomhill
- Bushnells Copse
- Calcot Park, Calcot Row
- Churchend Copse
- The City
- Clay Copse
- Cornwell Copse
- Curtis's Wood
- Dark Lane
- Denefield
- Garston's Copse
- Hall
- Hallplace Fm
- Hall's Copse
- Harefield Copse
- High Copse
- Hildens Copse
- Kiln Copse
- Langley Hill
- Little Heath
- Long Lane
- Longleat
- Maybough Pit
- Mount Skyver Wood
- Nabbs Hill
- Oliver's Copse
- Pincent's Fm, Pincent's Lane
- Pinkclose Plantation, Pink's Grove
- Sadler's Fm
- Stoneham Fm
- Turnham's Fm
- Vicarage Copse, Vicarage Wood
- White Hart P.H.
- Withy Copse