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Longton, Longtown, ‘long farmstead or estate’, OE lang + tūn: Longton Lancs. Langetuna c.1155. Longton Stoke. Longeton 1212. Longtown Cumbria. Longeton 1267. Longtown Herefs. Longa villa 1540, earlier Ewias 1086 (DB), Ewyas Lascy 13th cent. (manorial affix from Roger de Laci, owner in 1086, see Ewyas Harold).

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