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Survey of English Place-Names

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Linthwaite

Major Settlement in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Lindthait 1185–1202 YChviii
  • Linthwait, Lynthwait, Lynthwayt(e), Lynthweyt 1208 1240–50 Bodl96 1318 DodsN 1599 FF
  • Linweyt 1241 FF
  • Lyntwait 1258 YI
  • Lynthayt 1284,1308 WCR
  • Lynwayte 1379 PT
  • Linfit 1822 Langd

Etymology

'Flax clearing', v. līn , þveit , a compound which occurs several times in YW as Linthwaite, Linfit, Linfitts, though the first el. could here be lind 'lime-tree'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name