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.

Lyn, East and West

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lynton

Historical Forms

Lina 1086 DB

Lyn 1242 Fees792 1275 RH

Westlyn juxta Lynton 1301 Ass

Estlyn, Westlyn 1303 FA

Etymology

v. Lyn river supra 9.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Lynton