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Linglow

Other OS name in the Parish of Asby

Historical Forms

  • Lingval, Lingual 1144–86 HMCx,319
  • Lingwal(l) 13 Ch 1294

Etymology

, 1829 Dir , Lingval , Lingual 1144–86 HMC x, 319 , 1173 – 81 , YCh 198 , Lingwal (l )13 (1294) Ch , originally ' embankment overgrownwith heather ' , v. lyng , wall ; it stands just above the settlement site at Holborn Hill (supra ) , and that is doubtless the wall ; the later form has substituted hlāw ' mound, hill ' .