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Survey of English Place-Names

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Langley Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Deenethorpe

Historical Forms

  • landa de Langeleye 1235 Cl
  • Lound of Langeleye 1288 Cl
  • Langleyfeld 1416 Brudenell

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is landa de Langeleye 1235 Cl, Lound of Langeleye 1288 Cl, Langleyfeld 1416Brudenell . ' Long clearing or wood v. lang , leah . In the ME  forms there seems to be confusion between landa or ' lawn ' ( cf. Wakefield Lawn supra 105 ) and lound , ' wood ' from lundr .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Other OS name