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.

Lunds

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Lunde 1651 PR
  • Lundes commonly called the Slatehouse 1663 ib
  • Lund 17 PR

Etymology

, Lunde 1651 PR, Lundes commonly called the Slatehouse 1663 ib, v. lundr 'a small wood'; it probably gave its name to the local family ofLund (17 PR 7, 25, etc.) ; v. also slate ' slate ' , hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement