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.

Lynt Bridge and Lynt Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Inglesham

Historical Forms

  • Lente 1279 Ct 1289 Ass 1581 BM
  • Lent 1518–29 ECP
  • Leente 1348 ADi
  • Leente Hulle 1513 FF
  • Lyntys Courte 1416 ADi
  • Leyntes Courte 1483 ib
  • Lynte 1580 Recov

Etymology

This was originally the name of the river Cole, v. supra 5, the farm and bridge taking their name from it. The hill may be that over which the main road goes, just south-west of the bridge.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement