THE HISTORY of kent

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Loose
Loose (pronounced Lose) is etymologically a place at a 'pig-sty'.

 Luddesdown
Luddesdown (pronounced Ludsdun) indicates 'Hlud's hill'.

 Lydd
Lydd may literally be a place 'at the gates'.

 Lyminge
Lyminge first appears on record in 689 as Liminge.

 Lynsted
Lynsted is literally a 'place where lime-trees grow'.
Lamberhurst
Lamberhurst's meaning lies in the Saxon words 'hyrst'

 Leeds
Leeds is most likely taken from the Saxon word 'hlyde'.

 Lenham
Lenham gave its name to the River Len.

 Linton
Linton is an eponymic from the Saxon word 'tun'.

 Littlestone
Littlestone acquired its name in the 19th century from a headland.
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