Lambston; What was it Really called?

Lambston seems a pretty simple name, but the table below shows the variations in name that I have found during my research. I think it is pretty clear that it has mutated and simplified over the years from some version of ‘Lamberteston’ to ‘Lambston’. Some of those names listed below are probably copying errors in documents but some appear frequently enough to suggest real change.

 

Name Date Source
Ecclesia Villa Lamberti 1291 Tax Record
Villa Lamberti in Ros 1291 B.G.Charles Place names of Pembrokeshire
Villa  Lamberti in Ros 1291 Kew archive website
Lambertyston 1317 & 1392 Kew archive website
Lamberteston  or or Lamhert’s tun 1321 BGC ibid. & P. Valentine Harris
Villa de Lambert in  Ros 1324 BGC ibid.
Lamberdis 1363 BGC ibid.
Lamberdiston 1363 Kew archive website
Lamberston 1383 BGC
Lambeston 1392 BGC
Lamburston 1462 Patent rolls  BGC
Lambarston 1485 Kew archive website
Lamerston 1535 BGC
Lamerston 1650 Kew archive website
Lamston 1627-76 John speed map
Llambston 16th c Christopher Saxton map
Lamston 1704 Mordern County Map
Lammbstowne 1704 Bond on NLW site
Lampton 18thc Pembroke College Docs
Lampston 18th c Pembroke College Docs
Lambstone 1784 Indenture Summers & St Davids
Lambston 1810 O. S.Surveyor’s Drawings