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.

Lound

Major Settlement in the Parish of Lound

Historical Forms

  • Lund 1086 DB
  • Lund(e) 1171 P 1280 Ass
  • Lund(e) juxta Marsey 1294 Ass
  • Lound 1296 Ipm
  • Le Lounde 1324 ib
  • Lound juxta Retford 1340 Ass
  • Lound juxta Mathersey 1346 FF
  • Lownde 1466 IpmR 1539 FF
  • Luind 1316 FA
  • Lond 1317 FF
  • Lounewad upon Iddel 1316 Ch

Etymology

ON  lundr, 'grove, wood.' The 1316 reference must be to some ford over the Idle here, v. vað .

Places in the same Parish