Lundwood is a village in Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Lying about three miles east-north-east of Barnsley town centre, Lundwood takes its name from the Lund Wood, the substantially wooded portion of the area of the old manor of Monk Bretton. The name Lund is derived from the Old-Norse Lundr, meaning woodland, sometimes of sacred woodl…Lundwood is a village in Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Lying about three miles east-north-east of Barnsley town centre, Lundwood takes its name from the Lund Wood, the substantially wooded portion of the area of the old manor of Monk Bretton. The name Lund is derived from the Old-Norse Lundr, meaning woodland, sometimes of sacred woodland, but usually of economically important woods. The name Lundwood is therefore a tautology, a common feature of place-names where two languages are combined as in this case.
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