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Survey of English Place-Names

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Linen Hill Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Holt

Historical Forms

  • Sinen (sic) Hill, Sinen Cl (sic)& Sinen Grd (sic) 1847 TA
  • on lindune (easteweardre) 946 Harl(S519) 14
  • on lindune estawearde 956 14 ib

Etymology

Linen Hill Fm (SU 032066), Sinen (sic)Hill , Sinen Cl (sic)& Sinen Grd (sic)1847TA , possibly to be associated with on lindune (easteweardre )946 (14) Harl (S 519), on lindune estawearde 956 (14) ib (S 609), a point on the AS bdy of Didlington (in Chalbury par. supra ), in which case the meaning is 'hill where flax is grown', v. līn , dūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement