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.

Langtoft

Major Settlement in the Parish of Langtoft

Historical Forms

  • Lang(h)etou 1086 DB
  • Langetoft 1164–70 RegAlb 1386 Test
  • Langtoft(e) 14th Sawley 1343 SR 1521 Test
  • Langtoft(e) on the Woold 1584 FF

Etymology

'Long piece of ground,' v. lang , topt . Lindkvist (219) compares Langetot in Normandy and Dr G. Knudsen calls attention to the Danish place-name Langtoft (DaSN(Sj) iii, 328, etc.).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement