Linton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Linton
Historical Forms
- (æt) twam Lintunum 11th KCD725 15th
- duo Lintunum, (in) Lintune 1008 LibEl 12th
- Lintona 1008 ElyM 14th ICC 1086
- Lintone, alia Lintone 1086 DB
- Linton Magna, Linton Parua 1218 SR
- Lyntone, Lyntone juxta Waldene c.1250 RegRoff
- Lytton 1355 FF
- Lynton the more 1493 PCC
- Lymton 1310 Cl
- Lenton t.Eliz ChancP
Etymology
'Flax-farm,' v. līn , tūn . twām , 'two' (dat. pl.), i.e. Great and Little (infra 111). Waldene is Saffron Walden (PN Ess 537).