Lamport
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stowe
Historical Forms
- Landport, Lanport 1086 DB
- Lamport 1152–8,1155,1160–5 NLC 1493 Ipm
- Langeport 1227 Ass 1237 Fees 1262 Ass 1280 Ipm 1350 Cl 1372 Pat
- Lancport, Langport 1255 For
- Long(e)port 1325 Cl 1420 IpmR
Etymology
OE (se) langa port , 'the long port or town.' It would seem early to have lost its status as such, to judge by its documentary record. The mod. form is due to an assimilation which had already begun to take place in the 12th cent. Cf. Langport (So), Lamport (Nth).