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 Lammas

Other OS name in the Parish of Minchinhampton

Historical Forms

  • Lammas orchard 1839 TA
  • Delamers maner als. Lombards 1475 Ipm
  • Dalamere als. Lambertis 1485 Pat

Etymology

, Lammas orchard 1839TA , cf. Lamas mead ( 77 supra ) , but the name may be an adaptation of Delamers maner als. Lombards 1475 Ipm, 'the manor of Dalamere als. Lambertis ' 1485 Pat , from the ME  surname Lambert .