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.

Old Lindley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Linleie 1086 DB
  • Linley(e), Lynley(e), Lynlay 1206–18 YChviii a.1284 YDi 1303 YDiv 1368 MinAcct 1408 Arm
  • Hold(e) Lynlay c.1275,1320 YDiv
  • Old(e) Lynlay 1325 WCR 1514 YDiv 1550 FF
  • Over Lynlay 1582 FF
  • Linneley 1285 WCR 1309 YDiv
  • Lyndeley 1326 YDi
  • Ouldlindley 1566 YAS

Etymology

'Flax clearing', v. līn , lēah . 'Old' or 'Over' to distinguish it from Lindley ii, 300supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement