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.

The Lynch

Other OS name in the Parish of Sonning Town

Historical Forms

  • called Linchedith c.1605 RentSur

Etymology

, cf. eytes ( v. ēgeð ) called Linchedith c. 1605RentSur , v. hlinc , possibly referring to banks round the island .