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.

Langford Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ugborough

Historical Forms

  • Langeforda 1086 DB
  • Langeforde 1198 FF
  • Langaford le Estre 1279 Ipm
  • Langeford lestr' or Langefordestrete 1331 Ipm
  • Langeford Lestre juxta Blakehalle 1361 Ass

Etymology

'Long ford.'Galfridus de Lestre held the manor in 1198 (FF) and Robert del Estre in 1257 (FF).