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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lund Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Royston

Historical Forms

  • Lunda c.1145–59 YCh c.1154 Brett Hy2 Ch 1230 YCh 1154–8 Pont c.1160 Brett 1200
  • Londa 1227 ib
  • bosc' voc' le high lunde 1541 MinAcct

Etymology

Lund Wood, Lunda c. 1145–59 YCh 1666, c. 1154 Brett, Hy 2 (1230) Ch, 1154–8 YCh 1451, c. 1160 Pont, 1200 Brett, Londa 1227 ib, bosc ' voc ' le high lunde 1541MinAcct . v. lúndr 'a small wood'.This was the original name of Monk Bretton Priory.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site