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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lawsings

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Lasings 1678 PR
  • Loosings 1771 M
  • Lowsings 1817 M

Etymology

, Lasings 1678 PR, Loosings 1771 M, Lowsings 1817 M , ' meadows on a slope ' , v. lausa , eng ; on the spelling Las - cf. Phonol. § 8 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement