Heath
Major Settlement in the Parish of Heath
Historical Forms
- Lunt, in duobus Lunt 1086 DB
- Lund 1246 FF 1281 Ass 1291 Tax
- Lound(e) 13th HardCh 1428 FA 1495 HardCh
- Lound(e) alias Lownde 1582 FF 1609 Senior 1878 Terrier
- Loune 13th Halliii
- Lowne alias Heeth 1535 Val
- Lounts 1310 FF
- Lownds 1566 DbAxx
- (le) Heth(e) 1257 FF 1281 Ass 1328 Banco 1408 Inqaqd 16th
- Heeth' 1410 Cope
- Heath(e) 1574 FF 1577 DbAi 1582 FF
- Heath al. Lound 1709 ParReg
- Heythe 1535 Val
Etymology
The earlier name is from ON lúndr 'grove, small wood', cf. boscos …quod vocant ' le Loundis 13thHardCh . As indicated in DB there were two settlements of the same name close together and their positions are given on Senior , as fields, one just west of the modern village and the other to the east, where the remains of the old church are marked on the 6″ OS map. The later name is OE hǣð 'heath', which has replaced the older name, the latter remaining only as a field-name.