Lynn, In Norfolk.

[bainbrig]

Was there an area of Great Yarmouth called 'Lynn'?

Any Norfolk residents out there?

I know there is now a Lynn Grove school, but I wondered whether there was originally a village/suburb whatever known as 'Lynn'.

Ta.

BillB

[Hopkirk]

I've tried Google, but it doesn't seem to help. A local school was renamed Lynn Grove Academy in 2015.
However the Academy website and Google doesn't explain where the name came from

My suspicion is Lynn Grove is a person from the school's past. Perhaps an early benefactor.

[MargoTester]

There is a place called Kings Lynn (originally called Linn)

[Mamyalynne]

Lyn,Lynn or Lynne (me) means 'pool'

This any help?

http://users.trytel.com/tristan/towns/lynn1.html

[MargoTester]

Oops sorry didn't read the question properly

[Mamyalynne]

Nor me sorry

[Buenchico]

Norfolk people use 'Lynn' to refer to King's Lynn. The Oxford Names Companion only recognises King's Lynn and neighbouring West Lynn as valid place names incorporating 'Lynn' in Norfolk. As Mamya says, it's derived from the Celtic for 'the pool'.

I know Great Yarmouth quite well and I've never heard of a district there called 'Lynn'. However, as well as being the name of a school, 'Lynn Grove' is the name of a road in Gorleston, which now effectively forms a suburb of Great Yarmouth. (The school probably just takes its name from the road that it's on).

[Maydup]

I'm in east Norfolk and very familiar with Gt Yarmouth area. As far as I know, there isn't nor was there an area called Lynn. I have check my Frank Meeres history of GtY too and no mention at all. The Lynn Grove school only dates back to the mid '60's so no real history to that name either.

Why do you ask?

[bainbrig]

Thanks all, very helpful. (The ‘why’: chasing some Norfolk ancestors through early censuses, and one lot say ‘Lynn, Norfolk’ was their place of origin).


BillB

[Hopkirk]

Almost certainly that's Kings Lynn. Previously called Bishop's Lynn, but mentioned in the Domesday Book as Lynn. (Wikipedia)

[Buenchico]

As I wrote above, people in Norfolk often just say 'Lynn' when referring to 'Kings Lynn'. (The 'Kings' bit gets dropped as often as 'Royal' does before 'Tunbridge Wells').