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.

Lynch Common

Other OS name in the Parish of Meavy

Historical Forms

  • Lunche 1595 PlymRec
  • Linch 1740 Recov

Etymology

is Lunche 1595PlymRec, Linch 1740Recov , v. hlinc .