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.

Lund

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beverley

Historical Forms

  • Lund(e) 1327 Dugd 1345 FF 1421 YI
  • Lound 1399 ADi
  • Londe 1579 BevRec

Etymology

Lund (6″) is Lund (e )1327 Dugd, 1345 FFet passim to 1421 YI, Lound 1399 AD i, Londe 1579 BevRec. Cf. also Lund Gates 1706 BevRent. v. lundr and cf. Lund supra 163.