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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.

Langwith Mill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Nether Langwith

Historical Forms

  • Walkemylle 1539 MinAcct

Etymology

Langwith Mill may be the Walkemylle of 1539 (MinAcct ).A walk mill is a fulling-mill. The earliest example of this compound in NED is dated 1773.