The Origin of Local Place NamesCompiled by Matthew Geyman |
Gules three Seaxes fessewise in
pale Argent pomels and hilts Or points to the sinister and cutting edges
upwards Granted by the College of Arms 15th July 1932 (first noted used C16th)
After the
fall of the Roman Empire (400AD) and before the Norman Invasion (1066),
parts of Britain (Essex, Kent, London) were settled by invaders from
Saxony, Germany. Their influence was strongest in C7th, before the
Viking (Old Norse for 'pirate raid') invasions began from Scandinavia in
793AD. |
Epping Forest
First mentioned in Edward the Confessor's charter of 1062, Loughton's listing in the Domesday book shows it as the smaller of the three parishes of Debden and Alderton
Loughton - , Lukinton(C11th), Lochintuna, Lochetuna(c11th), Luketune(C13th), Luketon(C13th) Loketon(C14th), Lughton(C14th) -AngloSaxon , Lucton(C16th), Luction(c17th), 3
research notes:
Luc (Welsh version of Luke) Bringer of Light ?
loughton in bucks, essex, middx, shropshire
Debden - Tippedana/Tippedene(C11th) - Typeden - Tipeden(C13th) AngloSaxon 3
Alderton - Ælwartun - Aluertuna, Alwartune, Alwarton, Alwardtun (AngloSaxon - Ailward's Town)3
Waltham Forest - Wealdham (AngloSaxon - 'forest dwelling') 4
Monks Wood (Abbots Woods in Luketon Snarringe) 5 snarryng from snoring in norfolk - other of Peter de Valoines 2 manors
Pole's Lane (Rectory Lane / Pyrle's lane - John Pyrle
Allard's Grove - Achelard (a Debden tennant)
Golding's Hill - John Goldyng
Algers road - Geoffrey Algor
Traps Hill - John Trapp
Wroth's Path - Wroth family
Pump Hill (Lyngs / Lings Lane) Lyng - Saxon Fortified Town in Somerset @ Athelney. Lyng is also Norse for heather; or possibly a derivative of Lig - Anglo Saxon for fire (heather as fuel / Wood / potter?) or Walter Leinge, hanged near York Hill Grn ('Grouts Corner') for stealing sheep
York Hill (Mutton Row after the vernacular (black mutton?) for Deer poached from the forest)
Clays Lane (Richard Lomax Clay)
Durolito (2ndC) Little London. On Antoine Itenerary Map showing roman road from London (Lundinio) to Gt Dunmow on the route to Chelmsford (Caesaromago)
Loughton 1880 (click for higher resolution)
Bibliography
The Essex Records Office
A History of the County of Essex: volume IV
Epping Forest With Maps Edward North Buxton - 4th Edition - 4(p2,52), 5(p177)
Loughton, Essex. A Brief Account of the History of the Manor an Parish, from
Domesday to 1900 (ed. Richard Morris OBE), 3(p3,4), 5(p6), 6(p8), 7(p11)
This is Essex website
Chapman and Andre map 1777
Compiled by Matthew Geyman