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Survey of English Place-Names

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Limefitt

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Limefit 1838 TA
  • Lynfit 1560 Kendii,51

Etymology

, Limefit 1838TA , possibly identical with Lynfit 1560 Kend ii, 51 , ' water-meadowused for growing flax ' , v. līn ( with assimilation of - n - to - m - before the labial ) , fit .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name