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.

Linefoot

Other OS name in the Parish of Broughton Moor

Historical Forms

  • Linefitt Bank 1775 LowtherW

Etymology

is perhaps to be associated with Linefitt Bank 1775LowtherW in Dearham . ' Flax meadow , ' v. līn , fit .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement