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.

Langshott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Horley

Historical Forms

  • Langset' c.1226 Merton
  • Langeshete 1319 Pat 1332 SR
  • Langeshot 1468 Ch
  • Landeshott 1535 VE

Etymology

Langshott (6″) is Langset 'c. 1226 Merton, Langeshete 1319 Pat (p), 1332 SR (p), Langeshot 1468 Ch, Landeshott 1535 VE. 'The long sceat or angle of land.' This place-name is of interest, as the place is far to the east of all the other sceat-names in the county, v. infra 352.