Llangstone

[Brian]

Can anybody tell me when/why the 2nd L in Llangstone was dropped as I have a old map of Langstone Circ 1886 and it is spelt Llanstone then.

[Admin]

I've done a search on the internet and I can't find anything. According to GenUK, (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/civreg/places/l.htm#home) as part of the Registration District for 1837-1930, the 2nd 'l' was still present.

If nobody else can hlep then I'd suggest Newport library. They have a superb online (http://www.opac.newport.gov.uk/) service.

Good luck!

[Wales Jay]

Really interested in this one. Could it be a case of Llangstone with 2 L's as with LLiswery - or possibly some connection with double L's from Welsh to English perhaps!! I must admit seeing Langstone spelt "Llangstone", I quite like it.:)

WJ

[Brian]

Well thanks for the interest, maybe we will get the the bottom of it someday.

[hayct]

For what it's worth the tithe map dated 1846 spells it with one L.
You can inspect this in Newport Reference Library

[steve]

Langstone 1848

LANGSTONE, a parish, in the union of Newport, division of Christchurch, hundred of Caldicot,
county of Monmouth, 4? miles (E. by N.) from Newport; containing, with the chapelry of
Llanbeder, 220 inhabitants. The parish comprises by computation 1200 acres, of which 350
are arable, 800 pasture, and 50 woodland. The soil in the southern and western portions is
chiefly clay, resting upon limestone, and in the northern and eastern of a light sandy quality.
Llanbeder comprises about 200 acres. The scenery is beautifully diversified, and the northern
part of the parish, through which runs the road from Chepstow to Newport, commands a fine
view of the Severn, and the counties of Devon and Somerset. Limestone is quarried for burning,
and also for tomb-stones and paving. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books
at ?4. 1. 0?.; net income, ?158; patrons, the family of Gore: the glebe comprises 50 acres.
The church is an ancient structure, partly in the early English style.

From: 'Langley-Wood - Langton, Church', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 25-28.
URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51093 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51093) Date accessed: 16 July 2009.