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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hemsworth Lanes

Other OS name in the Parish of Hemsworth

Historical Forms

  • (the) Laynes 1562,1584 WillY 1585 FF
  • the Lanes 1793 PRHms

Etymology

, (the )Laynes 1562, 1584 WillY, 1585 FF, the Lanes 1793 PRHms , v. leyne ' tract of arable land ' ; this is distinct from Hemsworth Lane .