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.

Lyne Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Penkridge

Historical Forms

  • Linhull', Lynhull' 1237 Cl 1251 FF 1308 Ass 1317 Hatherton 1327 SR
  • Lynull 1236 FF
  • Linhul 1262 For
  • Linehull' 1284 FF
  • Loynhul 1271 For
  • Linhill' 1237 Cl
  • Lynylle 1475 Banco
  • Lynell 1551–53 ECP 1554 Ct 1594 QSR 1655 ParReg 1658 Dep
  • Linehill(e), Lynehill(e) 1422,1475 Banco 1467 Hatherton 1589to1596 QSR 1598 Ct 1614 ParReg 1695 Morden
  • Lyne Hill 1708 ParReg 1834 O
  • Line Hill 1775 Yates

Etymology

'The hill where flax was grown', v. līn , hyll . The complete absence of forms with d makes a derivation from lind 'lime-tree' less likely.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site