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.

Linbeck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Muncaster

Historical Forms

  • Lindebecke c.1280 StBA
  • Lindebeck 1350–60 ib
  • Linbeck 1660 LowtherW

Etymology

'Lime-tree beck,' v. lind .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement