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.

Lagness

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pagham

Historical Forms

  • langan ersc 680 BCS 10th
  • La(n)geners 1179 P 1242 Fees692
  • Lagen(h)ersh 1279 Ass 1428 FA
  • Langnersh al. Lagmarsh 1650 SAC24,234

Etymology

'The long ersc' or stubble-land.