Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Langetone 1086 DB 1178 Drew

• 'near Abotesbire' l12 MontC 1219,1227 FF 1263 Ipm 1428 FA

• Langeton(') juxta Waymuth 1298 FF

• 'by Abbotesbury' 1397 Cl

• Lang(e)tona (iuxta Abotesbire) c.1165 MontC

• Langetun(') 1221 Ilch 1285 FA 1288 Ass

• Langgeton(') 1332 SR 1340 NI

• Languetona, Langata (sic) 1086 Exon

• Langedon(') 1212 Fees 1280 Ass 1428 FA

• Langeton(') Sarmeuill', Langeton(') Sarneuil' 1280 Ass

• Langeton(') Sarnevil' 1280 QW

• Langeton Heryng 1336 Pat 1412 FA 1422,1429 Midd 1431 FA

• Langton Heryng(e) 1372 IpmR 1406 Cl 1412 FA

• Langton Haryng 1444 Fine

• Langton He(a)ringe 1611 DuCo

• Langton Herring 1653 ParlSurv

• Langhton Heringe 1596 AD

• Longeton 1393 AD

Etymology

'Long farmstead or estate', v. lang 1 , tūn ; Hutch3 2 744 observes that 'the villagers' dwellings are scattered in a long and straggling street, partly in the valley and partly on the hill side'. The affixes are manorial.Philip de Sarmunvile held land here in 1227 FF, cf. also the eighth part of a knight's fee held of Alfred de Lincoln by Philip de Salmonville in 1166 RBE (p. 216) and v. Hutch3 2745. Philip Harang was granted two carucates of land here in 1268 FF, and was here in 1280Ass , QW, 1299 Ipm, etc., v. Hutch3 2745; the same family gave its name to Chaldon Herring par. 1 108, Winterborne Herringston par. 1 264 and Herrison in Charminster par. 1 340. A moiety of this manor once belonged to the former manor of Ryme Extrinseca in Long Bredy par. infra (Hutch1 1547), cf. Langton Heringe p 'cell manerii de Ryme 1611DuCo , mannor of Ryme Extrinseca al 's Langton Herring 1650ParlSurv .

The bounds of Langton Herring are given in 1611DuCo as follows: Snite yate (v. Snipe Gate in Portisham par. infra ) → Furshill gate (v. f.ns. infra ) → Gore Barrs (v. Gore Cove infra ) → le Fleete (v. East Fleet & West Fleet in Fleet par. supra ) → Gulbedge brooke (v. f.ns. infra ) → Ham (v. Ham Mead in f.ns. supra ) → a Landshare (v. land-sc(e)aru 'boundary') → Snyte yate .