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.

Linacres Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of North Claines

Historical Forms

  • Linaceran wege 1038 Earle
  • Lynacres 1612 QSR

Etymology

The form in the charter-bounds probably represents a late weak gen. pl., 'road of (i.e. to) Linacres,' i.e. 'flax-fields,' v. lin , æcer . Cf. Linacre (K, La) and Linacre in Halesowen (LyttCh).