Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Linde 1086 DB 1169 P c.1225 France

• Linda c.1150 Surv

• Lyndon, Lindon 1225 Ass 1423 FF 1596 Wills 1835 Lewis

• Lynden(e), Linden 1275 1327,1332 SR

• Coudray 1328 Ch

Etymology

v. lind . There would seem to have been alternative forms with dat. sg. linde and pl. lindum which would account for the later variations, hence 'at the lime(s).' Coudray , added to the name in 1328, is, in another document, used in the form Coudree , as an alternative name for Lindon (VCH iv. 323 n. 5). It is the OFr  coudraie , 'hazel grove,' found also in Cowdray (Sx) and need not surprise us as a name in this well-wooded district. In the 1275 Subsidy Roll Lindon is a separate vill and includes Deaseland, Farman's Court, Fernhall Fm, Hazel Fm, Hill Fm, Hurtle Hill. This makes it clear that the site of Lindon must be sought in the north-east of the parish. Local investigation has so far failed to find it.