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 Barn & Linton Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Historical Forms

  • Lyndon(e) 1332,1383 Ilch
  • (land) by nethe Lymdon' 1404 Ilch
  • Linton Hill 1811 OS

Etymology

Linton Barn & Linton Hill (SY 586845), Lyndon (e )1332, 1383Ilch , (land ) by nethe Lymdon '1404Ilch , Linton Hill 1811 OS, 'hill where flax is grown', from līn and dūn , with beneoðan 'beneath'.