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Ling Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of North Willingham

Etymology

, cf. Lynghill Close 1592LindDep 42 , Lynghill hole 1594ib , Lingell Close 1657, 1668, 1670,1696NW , (the ) lowe Linghills 1684, 1687, 1690NW , the Ling-hill close 1709NW , ' the hill where heather grows ' , v. lyng , hyll .