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Lintern Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of East Stour

Etymology

, cf. port voc ' Linterne gate 1577HaRO , Gt Linterns , Lt Linterns , Davis 's Lintern ( cf. Tristram Davys 1664HTax ) , Linterns Corn Grd , Linterns Md 1842TA , perhaps from ME  lyn (n )et ' flax, lint ' ( cf. Do dial. linnet 'lint, tinder',Barnes 79 ) and ærn ' building ' .