English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Lindhurst

Major Settlement in the Parish of Lindhurst

Historical Forms

  • Lyndehirst 1287 For c.1490 Survey
  • Lyndhurste 1300 Rufford 1472
  • Lindehirst 1335 For
  • Lyndeherst 1399 Fine
  • Lyndhurste Walk 1530 NtIpm
  • Lindhursthey t.Jas1 ECP

Etymology

'Lime-tree wood,' v. lind , hyrst , (ge)hæg. Cf. Lyndhurst (Ha). The place was formerly a small extra-parochial district in Sherwood Forest.

Places in the same Parish

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