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.

Danby Lawns

Early-attested site in the Parish of Danby

Historical Forms

  • Laundis in foresta de Daneby 1242 Guis

Etymology

v. launde and cf. Lawn of Postgate 133infra . Lawns is within the bounds of the old Forest of Danby.