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.

Wendon Lofts

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wendon Lofts

Historical Forms

  • Wendenā 1086 DB
  • Wenden(e) Loot 1254 FF
  • Wenden(e) Loutes 1303 FA
  • Wenden(e)lout(h)es 1326 Londin
  • Loteswenden(e) 1336 Cl
  • Loutiswenden(e) 1337 FF
  • Lovteswenden(e) 1343 Cl
  • Wendon Lout 1285 FF
  • Wendonloutes 1324 Londin
  • Loteswendon 1337 Ch
  • Wendon Louth 1346 FA
  • Wendonlowes 1510 LP
  • Wendon Lo(o)fthes 1570 FF
  • Wandenlout 1373 Pat
  • Quenden Lowtes 1428 FA
  • Windon t.Hy7 Lancs

Etymology

For the name v. supra 542. Lofts from the family of Robert Louhot who had land in Wendon in 1236 (Fees).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site