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.

Lylands

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Ouseburn

Historical Forms

  • Lyn(e)landes 1301 YI 1303 Cl 14 YDv
  • Lylands 1564 FF 1770 EnclA

Etymology

Lylands, Lyn (e )landes 1301 YI, 1303 Cl, 14 YD v, Lylands 1564 FF, 1770EnclA , 'Flax lands', v. līn , land , and for the assimilation of -nl - to -l - cf. Phonol. § 52.