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 Linleys

Other OS name in the Parish of Corsham

Historical Forms

  • Linleaze t.Jas1 Ct

Etymology

is Linleaze t. Jas 1Ct , perhaps a compound of lin , ' flax , ' and læs , ' pasture land . ' Cf. infra 438 .