Current translation for Linton
  lin derived from lin/lind - flax/lime tree
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Linctune(Derbyshire)
Lintone(Cambridgeshire)
Lintone(Herefordshire)
Lintune(Herefordshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk