Old Lindley
Old Lindley | |
Yorkshire West Riding | |
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Location | |
Grid reference: | SE093190 |
Location: | 53°40’4"N, 1°51’36"W |
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Local Government | |
Council: | Calderdale |
Old Lindley or Over Lindley[1] is a hamlet in the West Riding of Yorkshire, just beyond the suburbs of Huddersfield ,which loom to the south and east. It is near another hamlet, Jagger Green, the village of Holywell Green and the town of Elland. Old Lindley has a moor called Old Lindley Moor.[2]
History
The name "Lindley" means 'Flax wood/clearing', the 'Old' to distinguish from Lindley, now deep within Huddersfield’s townscape.[3]
Old Lindley is recorded in the Domesday Book as Linlei/Linleie,[4] Old Lindley was also known as "Linley(e)", "Lynley(e)", "Lynlay", Hold(e) "Lynlay", Old(e) "Lynlay", "Over Lynlay", "Linneley", "Lyndeley" and "Ouldlindley".[5]
Landmarks
Old Lindley Farm Cottage is a grade II listed house in Old Lindley, that is now split into 3 units.[6] There was a pottery in Old Lindley.[7]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "O". Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion. http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/o.html#999ol. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ↑ "Old Lindley Moor, Huddersfield" (PDF). http://www.wyorksgeologytrust.org/lgssheets/kirklees/Old%20Lindley%20Moor,%20Huddersfield.pdf.
- ↑ "Stainland with Old Lindley Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20WR/Stainland%20with%20Old%20Lindley. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ↑ "Place name: Old Lindley, Yorkshire Folio: 301r Great Domesday Book Domesday". The National Archives. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7311479. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ↑ Smith, A.H.: 'Place-Names of West Riding of Yorkshire , Part' (English Place-Names Society, 1961-3)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1184759: Old Lindley Old Lindley Farm Cottage Old Lindley Farmhouse (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Old Lindley, Pottery". Heritage Gateway. https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=4925&resourceID=105. Retrieved 29 January 2022.