54 DERBYSHIRE PLACE-NAMES. 



Linton. — (D.D.B. Linctvne.) — The initial syllable is either from A.S. 



hlynna— a brook (C. llyn — a lake, pool, or flood), or from A.S. lin— flax. 



The postfix is from the A.S. tun— a town. The brook town, or the flax 



town. 

 Little Chester.— See Chester, Little. 

 Little Eaton.— A.S. litel, lytel, lytyl— small, little, and A.S. ay, ea, ey — 



water, and A.S. tun— a town ;— the little water town, or the little town by 



the water. 

 Little Longstone. — See Longstone, Little. 

 Littleover.— (D.D.B. Parva Vfie.)— A.S. litel, lytel, lytyl— small, little, 



and A.S. ofer — a margin, bank, brink, shore ; — the little bank. Little as 



a prefix is generally the correlative of the prefix of some neighbouring 



place, in the present instance of Mickleover — a village in close proximity 



to Littleover, q.v. 

 Litton. — (D.D.B. Leitun.)— The initial syllable is a contraction of little, from 



A.S. litel, lytel, lytyl— small, little. The terminal syllable is A.S. tun— 



a town. The little town. 

 Locko, Lockho, Lockay, or Lockhay. — A.S. loc, loca, locu— that 



which fastens, a place shut in or locked or fastened, and A.S. hage, haga 



— a hedge, or that which is hedged in — an enclosure ; — Lhe locked enclo- 

 sure. 

 Longdendale. — (D.D.B. Langedenedele.) — The initial syllable is A.S. 



lang, long — long ; — the medial syllable is a Celto-Saxon root, or a Celtic 



word adopted by the Saxons, meaning a vale, hollow, or deep wooded 



valley, and the suffix is A.S. dal — a valley or dale ; — the long hollow of 



the dale. 

 Longford. — A.S. lang, long — long, and A.S. ford — a ford ; — the long ford. 

 Longsdon or Longstone. — (D.D.B. Langesdune, Longesdvne).— A.S. 



lang, long — long, and A.S. dun — a mountain, hill, downs ; — the long hill. 

 Longsdon or Longstone, Little.— For the derivation of Longstone, 



see above. The adjunct is to indicate the less of two places bearing the 



same name. 

 Longshaw. — A.S. lang, long — long, and A.S. scua, seed, scadu, sceadu, 



sceado — a shadow, a shady place ; — the long shady place or grove. 

 Long Eaton. — (D.D.B. Aitone.) — A.S. lang, long — long, and A.S. ay, ea, 



ey — water, and A.S. tun — a town ; — the long water town, or the long town 



by the water. 

 Lose-Hill. — An elevation between Hope and Castleton, said by Camden 



to have received its name from the event of a battle fought between 



two parties posted here. See Win-Hill, infra. 

 Ludwell. — (D.D.B. Lodouuelle. ) — The initial syllable is from the A.S. leod 



leode — people, folk. The terminal syllable is A.S. wyl, wil, wyll, well — 

 a well or fountain. The people's well, or public well. 



