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.

Lingyclose Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Dalston

Historical Forms

  • Ling-close-head 1716 ib
  • Lingey-close-head 1771 ib

Etymology

is Ling-close -head 1716 ib., Lingey-close -head 1771 ib . Cf. Linge Cloose 1662 ib .