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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.

Lyde Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halesowen

Historical Forms

  • de la Lyde, atte Lythe 1278,1282 Ct

Etymology

This is from OE  hlið. The place lies on a slope and we may compare The Lyde (PN Bk 169).