Laverstoke
county:
coords:
Hampshire
SU4948
otherwise: Lavrochestoche, 1086; Laverchestoch, 1155-1158; Laverstok, 1219; Laverkestoke, 1236; Larkstoke, 1378
LAVERSTOKE
Hypothetical Old English 'Lafercestoc'='lark dependent farm'. In Old English the word for 'lark' unaccountably varies between 'laferce, laewerce' and 'lawerce'. We have the first here. A 'stoc' was a secondary or dependent settlement, sometimes having religious connections (cf Ekwall, the Dictionary of English Place Names: 443, Smith, English Place Name Elements II: 153-6), and in Middle English at the latest developing the more general meaning '(inhabited) place'. It is not known precisely what sense of 'stoc' is intended here. It is remarkable that the name seems to recur three further times: 'Laverstock' (Wiltshire) 'Laverkestoke/-stou' (now 'Langley' (Buckinghamshire)) and 'Lark Stoke' (Gloucestershire). One would expect the present name to be like the Gl one (cf the form of 1378); the pronunciation of the modern name seems to derive from the written tradition. There are several minor places called 'Larkwhistle' in Hampshire, eg in Wonston; the name is said to signify a lonely spot.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, town - Overton Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Badeslade 1742
- settlement, village - Hampshire
Period - 1740s
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Overton Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Overton Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Overton Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Overton Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Keer 1620
- Southampton
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
Listed in Domesday Book
- Overetun Hundred - Hantescire - St Peter's Abbey - Winchester parish: - Hampshire
Period - 11th century
SCI~ PETRI DE WINTONIA ... Ipsa abbatia ten. LAVROCHESTOCHE . Vlueua tenuit de abbatia usq. ad obitu . Post morte~ ei redd~id rex W hoc M~ eid~ aeccl~ae p. sua anima et uxoris suae ...
Listed in Domesday Book
- Ovretune Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
