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.

Linnington

Other OS name in the Parish of Wambrook

Historical Forms

  • tenement called Lymington 1649 SC
  • Linniton 1811 OS
  • Limmington Barton 1844 TA

Etymology

, tenement called Lymington 1649 SC, Linniton 1811 OS,Limmington Barton 1844TA , possibly from - ingtūn , but the first el . is obscure .