Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Lipton 1086 DB

• Linton, Lynton c.1150 Sawl2d Hy2 Ch 1271 Fount 1198 Percy 1218 Font 1225 PRLnt 1626

• Lynton in Craven 1334,1355 FF 1403 WillY 1434 Testii

Etymology

On topographical grounds this is likely to be 'farmstead near the rushing stream', v. hlynn , tūn .The village stands on Linton Beck, a swift-flowing stream. But it could also be the common Linton in the sense 'flax farm', v. līn , cf. the local f.n. Lynelands (infra ) and Linton v, 29supra .