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 Otley

Historical Forms

  • lindeleh c.972 BCS1278 11
  • on Linde-leage c.1030 YCh7
  • Lillai(a) 1086 DB
  • Lynley 1576 BM
  • Lindele(a), Lyndele(a), Lyndeley, Lyndelay 1167 P 13 1202–8 Ass c.1230 Bodl76 1246 Ass22 1524 TestLds
  • Lyndley c.1266 RegAlbiv,15 1289 Abbr 1638 PROt

Etymology

'Lime-tree glade or clearing', v. lind , lēah . For the DB assimilated form cf. Phonol. § 52.