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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.

Linfit

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Linfit-Lane 1822 Langd

Etymology

, Linfit -Lane 1822 Langd , doubtless ' flax clearing ' , v. līn , þveit , cf. Linthwaite 273infra ; for -fit from þveit cf. Phonol. § 49 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site