Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Landa c.1160 Dane 1163,1164 P 1478 Peake 1482 AD 1530 Visit 1535 VE

• la Landa 1166 RBE 1179,1180 P 1190,1191 et freq

• Lande 1166 LN Hy2 AllS 1200 Cur 1398 Pat 1428 FA

• la Lande 1210 P 1220 Cur 1347 Cl

• Land' 1202 Ass 1231 RHug 1249 Cl 1269 For

• la Land' 1198 Cur

• la Launda 1333 Inqaqd

• la Laund(e) 1202 Ass 1243 Fees 1248 Ch 1409,1483 Cl

• Laund(e) 1267 Cur 1301 Abbr 1306 Pat

• Lawnd(e) 1482 AD 1501 Ipm 1536 AAS 1551 Ipm 16 Terrier

Etymology

'The woodland glade; the open space in woodland', v. launde . ME  launde is from OFr  lande 'a glade, woodland pasture'. The word appears in MLat  as landa and launda 'a forest glade'. OFr, MLat and ME forms are represented here in the recorded spellings.