Lasham
county:
coords:
Hampshire
SU6742
otherwise: Lasham, 1174; Lessham, 1195; Lesham, 1200; Lassham, 1270
LASHAM
I cannot improve on Ekwall's alternative suggestions (i) hypothetical Old English 'Laessham'='smaller estate', (ii) hypothetical 'Leaxanham'='estate of Leaxa', the man's name appearing in a hypothetical pet form 'Leassa'. Against (ii) is the frequency of forms with no medial syllable. Suggestion (i) is plausible from the viewpoint of Odiham, because Lasham is a detached part of Odiham hundred. Like Odiham, it was a pre-Conquest royal estate.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, village - Odiham Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Odiham Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Odiam Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Odiam Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Odiam Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
Listed in Domesday Book
- Odiham Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
TERRA REGIS ... Ipse rex ten. ESSEHA . Hacon tenuit in alodiu de rege ...
Listed in Domesday Book
- Odiham Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
