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.

Lynton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Lynton

Historical Forms

  • Linton(a) 1086 DB

Etymology

'Farm by the river Lyn' (supra 9), v. tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name