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.

Lanchley's Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Helion Bumpstead

Etymology

Lanchley's Fm is Lancelin (e )s (croft )1360, 1596, Launcelyns 1457, Launcelewes 1568, Lancelets Fm 1770Queens , and is to be associated with the family of Launcelin fitz Ralph (1254Ass ) who was probably the same man as Lancelin , son of Ralph de Bonestede (13thStJohn ).