Linton

Small English settlement

Linton is a place name for several towns and villages, primarily in England and the United States.

It also serves as a surname and occasionally a given name.

The name derives from Old English elements meaning "flax farm" or "settlement by a pool." The Lintons were a prominent family in Wuthering Heights.

literary

Brontë

Literary sisters' surname

EmilyLatin-origin feminine name
moorsUncultivated peaty highlands
gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic

Heathcliff · Catherine · Victorian · tragedy · romance · classic · fiction · narrative · 19th-century · Edgar

geographical

Yorkshire

Historic English county

villageSmall rural community
EnglandLargest British country
moorlandOpen uncultivated upland

hamlet · countryside · rural · British · parish · farmland · pastoral · scenic · valley · fell

surname

genealogy

Study of family descent

ancestryFamily line of descent
familyRelated people together
lineageDescent from progenitors

heritage · descendants · relatives · kin · bloodline · pedigree · clan · kinship · forebears · nomenclature

Family

town, linden, Lin

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