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Survey of English Place-Names

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Linden End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Haddenham

Historical Forms

  • (to) Lindune c.975 ASCh 1086 InqEl 1086,1170(12th) LibEl
  • Lindone 1086 DB
  • Lindona 1086 InqEl
  • Lindon(e) 1221 ElyA 1247,1310 FF 1251 ElyCouch 1277 Ely
  • Lindon(e) End 1686 Coleix
  • Lyndon 1251 ElyCouch
  • London (sic) End c.1825 O.S.
  • (into) Lintune 970 BCS1268 12th
  • Ætlintune 970 LibEl 12th
  • Lenton Croft 1686 Coleix

Etymology

This may be 'flax hill' as suggested by the topography and the form Lindun in an original 10th-century document, v. līn , dūn .'Lime-tree hill' is also possible, v. lind . Cf. Linwood Wood infra 257.