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.

Waterlet Linhay

Other OS name in the Parish of Brendon

Historical Forms

  • Waterlett 1525 AOMB
  • La Waterlate 1238 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Waterlett 1525AOMB . ' Water channel or leat , ' cf. Leat infra 172 , and La Waterlate 1238Ass . For Linhay , v. 592infra .