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.

Lawrence Barrow

Other OS name in the Parish of Dorchester St Peter & All Saints

Historical Forms

  • Launce Barrow 1826 Gre

Etymology

( lost , about SY 698898 ) , 1650ParlSurv , 1811 OS , Launce Barrow 1826Gre , cf. Lawrence (s ) Barrow Flg 1841TA , Richard Lawrense 1563DorR , Christian Lawrence 1664 HTax , v. beorg .