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.

Linton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Spofforth

Historical Forms

  • Linton(e), Lynton(e) 1086 DB 1208–1241 FF 1218,1227 Percy 1221 Cur 1257 Ch 1259 YI 1298 Abbr 1620 FF
  • Linton on Qwerf 1371 YDvi 1406 Pat
  • Linton upon Wharf(f)e 1584 FF 1598 YDvi
  • Lenton 1201 Cur

Etymology

'Flax farm', v. līn , tūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name