Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Limenesfeld(e) 1086 DB 1087,c.1121 BM t.Wm1 1312 P 1191 Winton 1398

• Liminisfelt t.Hy2 Pat 1431

• Linesfeld 1087 BM

• Lemenefeud 1255 Ass

• Lemenesfeld(e) 1271 FF 1325 Ass

• Lemmenesfeld(e) 1437 FF

• Lyuenesfeld 1263 Ass

• Lymnesfeld 1263 Ass 1316 Ipm

• Lemnefeud 1282 FF

• Lemnesfeld 1316 FF

• Lymesfelde 1321 Winton

• Lymmesfeld 1325 FF

• Lymmysfeld 1491 FF

• Lemmysfeld 1401 FF

• Lemesfelde 1416 Cl

• Lemmesfeld 1472 FF

• Lempnesfeld 1426 FF

• Lymmesfeild al. Lympesfeild 1636 Recov

Etymology

The first element in this name would seem to be identical with Lympne (K), originally the name of a river, going back to a Celtic root found in Gaulish Lemonum . This is perhaps a derivative of the British word found in Ir lem , W llwyf , 'elm' (Ekwall RN 243). The British place-name may have meant 'place or district of elms.' To this OE  feld was added at a later date, and as is often the case with such names, it was given genitival form. Elms are still plentiful in this district.