Littleton Fm & Littleton Ho
Early-attested site in the Parish of Langton Long Blandford
Historical Forms
- Liteltone 1086 DB
- Litletun', Litleton (p) 1220 Cur
- Littleton' 1242–3 Fees
- Littleton juxta Blaneford Martel 1310 FF
- Lytelton by Blaneforde St Mary 1421,1426 Cl
Etymology
Littleton Fm & Littleton Ho (ST 894047), Liteltone 1086 DB, Litletun ', Litleton (p)1220 Cur, Littleton '1242–3 Feeset passim with variant spellings Lytleton , Lit (t )elton , Litilton , Lyt (t )ylton , Lyt (t )elton ; Littleton juxta Blaneford Martel 1310 FF, Lytelton by Blaneforde St Mary 1421, 1426 Cl, 'little farm or estate', from lȳtel and tūn , so named to distinguish it from Langton (Long Blandford) which is situated on the opposite bank of R. Stour. There was a mill here in 1086 DB (VCHDo 386).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- All Saints Church
- Plant
- Bingledon Wd
- Buzbury Plant.
- Dairy Ctgs
- The Down Wd
- Half Moon Coppice
- Higher Bldgs
- Holly Clump
- Hungry Ctgs & Hungry Down
- Langbourne
- Langton Coppice, Langton Fm, Langton Ho, Langton Lodge Fm & Langton North Lodge
- Little Down
- Little Wd
- Littleton Drove
- Lodge
- Londonderry
- Long Coppice
- Long Friday
- Nut Coppice
- Old Road Wd
- The Park
- Pleasure Grd
- Pound Cl(lost)
- St Leonard's Fm
- Scotland
- The Shrubbery
- Snow's Down
- South Lodge
- Thorncombe North Belt & Thorncombe South Bolt (sic)
- Wimborne Belt