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.

Looseham

Other OS name in the Parish of Monkleigh

Historical Forms

Loseham 1244 Ass 1359 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Loseham 1244Ass (p), 1359Ass . ' Pigstyham(m) , ' v. hlose .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Annery Ho

Other OS name

Petticombe

Major Settlement

Monkleigh