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.

Lindeth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Lintheued 1220–50 Cockers
  • Lindheued 1262 ib
  • Lyndeheued, Lyndeheved 1292 Ass6 1347,1352,1363 Pat
  • Lyndehede 1452 MinAcct
  • Lindeth, Lyndeth 1501,1537 CockersRent 1609 Rent 1777 M
  • -ath 1606 FF

Etymology

'Lime-tree hill', v. lind , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name