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Survey of English Place-Names

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Standlynch

Major Settlement in the Parish of Standlynch

Historical Forms

  • Staninges (sic) 1086 DB
  • Stanlinc' 1198 Fees
  • Stanlinche, Stanlynche 1209 PRWinton 1268 FF 1332 SR 1388 BM
  • North Stanlynch 1398 Bodl
  • Staunelynch 1508 Pat
  • Standlinch 1558–79 ECP
  • Standleech 1641 NQvii
  • Stanlynghe 1311 Ipm
  • Standlynche al. Standlynge 1605 Recov
  • Stallynch 1361 BM 1400 BodlCh

Etymology

'Stony hill or slope,' v. hlinc . Cf. Stallenge Thorne (PN D 534) and Stanlidge Pond in Minstead (Ha), Stanlynche 1490For .

Places in the same Parish