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.

Linhays

Field in the Parish of Motcombe

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA
  • Lynne haies 1609 LRMB

Etymology

Linhays(Lynne haies 1609, v.(ge)hæg, first el. probably līn'flax', but cf. Do dial.linhay'lean-to-shed'(Barnes 79))