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.

Linton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Linton

Historical Forms

  • (at) Lintone 942 Peniarth 13th DB 1086
  • Linton(a) c.1125 LeiSur 1185 BurtCh 1236 FF 1243 Fees 1281 Ass
  • Lynton(a) 1295 Ipm 1302 FA 1610 Speed
  • Linctune 1086 DB

Etymology

Probably 'flax farm', v. līn , tūn ; the DB spelling Linctune is erratic.

Places in the same Parish