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.

Lynch Wd

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lambourn

Historical Forms

  • Linch Wood 1830 OS

Etymology

Lynch Wd, Lynche c. e.13th (c. 1425) Frid, Linch Wood 1830 OS, v. hlinc 'bank', the wood is on a hill-slope overlooking the R. Lambourn.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement