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Lingcroft Farm

Other OS name in the Parish of St Denis, York

Historical Forms

  • Lyncroft(e) 13th,1276 Warter 1293 QW
  • Lingcroft 1828 Langd

Etymology

is Lyncroft (e )13th, 1276Warter , 1293 QW,Lingcroft 1828 Langd . ' Flax enclosure , ' v. lin , croft , later Ling - through association with lyng ' heather . '

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