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.

Longcummercatiff

Early-attested site in the Parish of Holme Low

Historical Forms

  • Longacomercatys 1538 AOMB
  • Longacoman- Catiff 1538 Rental 1603
  • Longecomercatiffe, Lacun counteth al. Long coner cater 1605 LRMB

Etymology

Cf. Comercatiffe 1649ParlSurv . The forms are too late for any interpretation to be suggested.