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.

Linstock

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stanwix

Historical Forms

  • Linstoc 1212 Fees
  • Linstok 1278 Ass 1535 VE
  • Linstoke 1253 Pipe 1279 Ass 1347 CWiii
  • Lynstoke 1303 Ipm 1307 Misc
  • Lynstock, Linstock 1279 Ass 1291 Cl
  • Leynstoke 1280 Pat
  • Lyngstoke 1498 Ipm
  • Lyncestocke c.1587 Naworth
  • Lynstokgarth 1374 Fine

Etymology

'Place where flax is grown,' v. līn , stoc .