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 Hemingbrough

Historical Forms

  • Lund(e) 1066–9 Selby 14th RegAlb 1154–81 LeonardR 1165–75 SR 1342
  • Lont 1086 DB
  • Lownde 1488 FF
  • Lounde 1546 YChant

Etymology

Lund is Lund (e )1066–9 (14th) Selby, 1154–81RegAlb , 1165–75LeonardR et passim to 1342SR , Lont 1086 DB, Lownde 1488 FF, Lounde 1546 YChant. v. lundr 'grove,' and cf. Lund supra 163.