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.

Lindley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Lillai(a) 1086 DB
  • Lillay 12 Font
  • Linlay, Lynlay, Lynley(e) e.13 Font 1275,1297 WCR 1284 ADii l.13 Font 1316 DodsN 1400 YDiii
  • South Lynley(e) 1421 YDvi
  • Nether Lynley(e) 1656 PREll
  • Lynnelay, Lynneley 1260 Font 1313–1324 WCR
  • Lyndelay 1343 YDiii
  • Lindley 1822 Langd

Etymology

'Flax clearing', v. līn , lēah . The assimilation of -nl - to –ll - in the spellings Lillai is fairly common (cf. Phonol. § 52). 'South' to distinguish it from Old Lindley iii, 50infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site