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 Forest

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirby Misperton

Historical Forms

  • Lund(e) 1176–9 YCh
  • Lond' 1184 P
  • Loundhouse 1577 Saxton

Etymology

v. lundr . There is now no wood at Lund, but in 1335 Richard de Breaus had enclosed his wood at Lund (ForP 251 d ).