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.

Lingards Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Lingarder 1218 FF
  • Lingardes, Lyngardes 1218 Kirkst 1560 WillY
  • Lyngardes wood 1426 Ramsd
  • Lyngard 1424 Rent
  • Lyngards 1822 Langd
  • Lingarthes, Lyngarthes 13 Kirkst 1297 WCR 1333 Kirkst
  • Lyngarth(e) 1296 LacyComp 1486 MinAcct
  • Linggarthes 1593 WillY

Etymology

'Flax enclosure', v. līn , garðr . The first spelling Lingarder retains the ON  nom.plur. garðar . Lingards Cross 309infra is just over the boundary in Slaithwaite township.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name