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.

the Lawns

Other OS name in the Parish of Barrow upon Humber

Historical Forms

  • Close … called the Lawnes 1649 ParlSurv
  • the Homestead … called the Lawns 1803 EnclA

Etymology

, Close … called the Lawnes 1649ParlSurv , the Homestead … called the Lawns 1803EnclA , presumably from the pl . of ME  launde ' a glade, a woodlandpasture ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement