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.

Langstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kingston

Historical Forms

  • Langeston 1324,1489 Ipm 1330 SR

Etymology

Self- explanatory, but no stone exists here now. In 1288 and 1295 (Ass ) there are references to Clerkeslangestone and Fuggeslangaston which must preserve the names of early tenants, not traced.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement