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Survey of English Place-Names

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Linthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Middlesbrough

Historical Forms

  • Levingtorp c.1138,e.14 Whitby
  • Levingthorp, Levyngthorp 1160–80 YCh 1392 BM
  • Leuengthorp lateH3 BM
  • Leventhorp(e) 1301 LS 1412 YI 1463,1482 YD 1577 Saxton
  • Leventhrope 1573 FF
  • Linthropp 1614 NR

Etymology

'Leofa's village' from the OE  pers. name Lēofa joined to þorp by the ing found in ingtun .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement