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Leonard's Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of Boxford

Historical Forms

  • Linniards, Lower Linniards 1838 TA
  • lindene 968 BCS1227 c.1200

Etymology

, Linniards , Lower Linniards 1838TA ; this is at the head of the valley called lindene 968 (c. 1200)BCS 1227 , v. Pt 3 ; lindene is ' flax valley ' and Linniard might be ' flax enclosure ' , v. līn , denu , geard .