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.

Lansbury Farm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eynesbury Hardwicke

Historical Forms

  • Launceleynsbury 1506 FF

Etymology

An example of the manorial use of burh, 'manor of the Launcelyn family.' The Launcelyn family were here in 1160, cf. St Neots Cartulary f. 38.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site