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.
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Castor Linch
Castor Linch
Other OS name in the Parish of Castor
Historical Forms
le Lynche
1512
Compotus
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) is
le
Lynche
1512
Compotus
. v.
hlinc
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Belsize Fm
Ferry Ho
Milton Park
Normangate Field
Robin Hood and Little John
Other OS name
Clay Lane
Love's Hill
Oldfield Pond
Salter's Wood and Tree
Major Settlement
Castor