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.

Langenhoe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Langenhoe

Historical Forms

  • Langhou 1086 DB
  • Lang(e)ho 1168 P 1274 FF
  • Lagenho 13th Fees 1319 Inqaqd
  • Langenho 1252 FF
  • Langenho iuxta Colecestr' 1285 Ass 1346 FA
  • Langenhowe 1285 Ass
  • Langenhoo 1365 Cl

Etymology

'The long spur or hill,' v. lang , hoh .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name