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.

Landford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Landford

Historical Forms

  • Langeford 1086 DB 1198 Fees 1257 Ipm 1327,1332 SR
  • Laneford 1242 Fees 1255 RH 1439 WMxiii
  • Loneford 1412 FA
  • Landeford 1295 Pat
  • Lanteford 1486–93 ECP
  • Landford 1594 FF
  • Lanford 1525 SR 1567 Recov
  • Landford alias Langford 1676 ib

Etymology

It is difficult to say whether the first element is lang , 'long,' or lanu , 'lane.' The majority of early spellings favour the latter alternative and the stream here is so small that the passage across it could not have been a very long one. The d is a much later insertion.