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.

Langel Common

Early-attested site in the Parish of Witney

Historical Forms

  • Langdale Common 1822 O.S.

Etymology

Langel Common (6″) is Langdale Common 1822 O.S. Cf. the odd statement “a mead… (as the inhabitants report) called Langdell Mead valued at £30 per annum where any stranger of what condition soever, living in any part of the kingdom may putt his Horse therein” early 18th ParColl.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement