Liss
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Hampshire
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Lyss
otherwise: Lis, 1086; Lissa, 1174; Lisse, 1175
LISS or LYSS
A Celtic name, hypothetical British 'lisso-' or hypothetical Primitive Welsh 'lis' (Welsh 'llys')='palace, large estate, main place in a district' (cf Jackson 1953: 285). It is not known what administrative setup is referred to. The spelling in 'y' common into the 19th century, is now obsolete, but preserved in the name of 'Lyss Place'. The tithing 'Lisse Torney' reorded in 1586 represents a misdivision of hypothetical 'Liss Sturmy' from the family of the holder of part of the manor in 1323. Liss Abbots (1413 'Lysse Abbatisse') recalls that the nunnery of St Mary's, Winchester, held the manor before 1066 and subsequently.
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 - Meanestoke 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
- Menestoch Hundred - Hantescire - St Mary's Abbey - Winchester parish: - Hampshire
Period - 11th century
TERRA S~CAE MARIAE DE WINTONIA ... ABBATISA de Wincestre ten. LIS . Se~p fuit in abbatia ...
Listed in Domesday Book
- Menestoches Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
