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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.

Leonard Fm and Moor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halberton

Historical Forms

  • Lannor 1086 DB
  • terra de Lanor 1215 Ch
  • Lynor 1196 Oliver 1330 SR
  • Lynour 1346 FA
  • la more de Lynor 14th Canonsleigh
  • Lenor Abbe 1316 FA
  • Lynermor 1394 Ass
  • Leynor 1545 LP
  • Lynard Moore 1661 Recov

Etymology

From the river Lynor supra 9. v. Addenda, Part ii, xiv.