Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Lantoeni 1130 P

• Lantoen(ey) 1232–4 Cl

• Lanthoni(a), Lanthon(e)y 1192 Ch 1192,1196–8 Glouc c.1225 GlR 1243–63 Glouc 1252 Ch 1275 Episc 1557 Val42d

• Lanthon(e)y juxta Glouc', Lanthon(e)y juxta Gloucestriam 1315 Glouc 1316 FA 1535 VE

• Lanthon' 1282,1292 Episc 1455 Cole 1535 VE

• Lantoni(a), Lanton(e)y, Lantonay 1199,1201 Cur 1231 WinchLB 1234 Cl 1309 Ch 1533 MinAcct

• Lantonay juxta Glouc(estriam) 1240 Theok 1276 RH

• Lanton' J Ch 1309 GlR c.1220

• Lontorn' 1199 Cur 1282 For

• Lontonia c.1200 GlR

• Lonthonia 1243–63 Glouc

• Launton' 1221 Eyre

• Launtony 1248 Ass

• Lawntouney 1267 Ch

• Lawntonay c.1275 For

• Lenton(iam) 1241 Theok 1291 Tax

• Lanthotheni 12 Gir

• Launton' in Wallia 1221 Eyre

• Hodni c.1150 Land

Etymology

It is sometimes called Llanthony Secunda to distinguish it from Llanthony Prima (Monm), the Augustinian priory from which the Gloucester priory was founded and named (cf. W. St Clair Baddeley, BG xxv, 212–19). The mother priory in Monmouth was in distress after the death of Henry I, and in 1136 through the help of the Bishop of Hereford the monks were granted a hide of land near Gloucester by Milo, Earl of Hereford, who was Constable of Gloucester (cf. VCH ii, 87). The name of the mother priory was originally Lanthotheni 12 Gir, Launton ' in Wallia 1221 Eyre, which is an error for Nanthotheni 'valley of the R. Honddu' (Hodni c. 1150 Land).