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.

The Launch

Other OS name in the Parish of Woolland

Historical Forms

  • Lan(g)schor(e)forlang 1317 MiltC
  • Lanscherefurlong(e), Lanscherefurlange 1540 Prideaux 1557 Prideaux 1563 Prideaux

Etymology

, not on a bdy , but possibly to be associated with Lan (g )schor (e )forlang 1317MiltC , Lanscherefurlong (e ), Lanscherefurlange 1540Prideaux , 1557Prideaux , 1563Prideaux , from land-sc(e)aru , land-scoru , perhaps here in the sense ' share of land ' , with furlang .