Liss, Hampshire :: The British Place Names Website

Other current and historical names

Lyss
Lis
East Liss
West Liss
Hill Side
Liss, East

Built-Up Area: Liss
Parish/Community: Liss
District/Borough: East Hampshire
County: Hampshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°2'34"N 0°53'26"W
Eastings/Northings: 477859, 127640
OS Grid: SU778276
Mapcode Local: GBR CBS.HMJ
Mapcode Global: FRA 960C.BSZ

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Liss within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Liss in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Liss, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Hants, 4 miles NE. of Petersfield, 3620 ac., pop. 1215; P.O., T.O., called West Liss.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Lyss, Hants. See LISS.

Liss in the Domesday Book

A village in Meonstoke hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Winchester St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Winchester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Winchester
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £2 10/- in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers
- Plough Teams: 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ acres
- Woodland: 15 swine render
- Mills: 1, value 1/2½

British Place Names

Liss, Hampshire

Liss is a village in Hampshire

Liss in historic gazetteers

Liss in the Domesday Book