The lansdown Surname
lansdown Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from places in Somerset and Dorset (now
part of Bournemouth), probably named with Old English langet
‘long strip of ground’, ‘long ridge’ + dun ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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