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.

Lingthwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Lentwhaite 1626 PRClp

Etymology

, Lentwhaite 1626 PRClp , probably ' heather clearing ' , v. lyng , þveit , the early spelling having the same change of - ng - to - n - as Lanshaw supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement