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.

Lynes

Other OS name in the Parish of Askerton

Historical Forms

  • The Levons 1603 Gilsland
  • Lines 1675 PR(Laner)

Etymology

is The Levons 1603 Gilsland, Lines 1675 PR (Laner) . Cf. Lines out Pasture 1832Boothby . It lies by the White Lyne supra 21 .