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.

Link Common, Malvern Link

Early-attested site in the Parish of Leigh

Historical Forms

  • Link, la Lynke, atte Lynkes 1215 Cl 13th VCHiv.102,n.9 1327 SR
  • Linche, la Lynche 1215 Cl 1275 SR 13th VCH
  • Malvern Link, the Link 1608 QSR 1776 EnclosureAct

Etymology

v. hlinc . The reference is to the lower slopes of the Malverns.