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Lyon's Gate (Fm)

Other OS name in the Parish of Minterne Magna

Historical Forms

  • Lynes Gate 1650 ParlSurv
  • Lyons Gate 1811 OS 1843 TA
  • Lions Gate Cowleaze & Lions Gate Homestead 1843 ib

Etymology

, Lynes Gate 1650ParlSurv , Lyons Gate 1811 OS, 1843TA , Lions Gate Cowleaze & Lions Gate Homestead 1843ib , cf. lyms lane (sic)1550PlR , Lynes Lane , Rodehills ashe als. Lynes ashe 1615DuCo ( both in bounds of Hermitage par . supra ) , Lines Land (e )s , Lynes Land (e )s 1650ParlSurv ; the reference is to the ancestry of the Churchill family : ' The lessees of this manor for several generations were the family of the Churchills , descended … from the noble family of Leon in France ' ( Hutch3 4469 ) , cf. also foll. and for Rodehills ashe v. Rood Hill supra .