Just a reminder for those in the UK that this Wednesday's subject of "Who do you think you are?" is Leicester's own Gary Lineker. I am posting this also to the Notts list as I have come across the surname Lineker quite frequently in Notts also. Would I be correct in assuming that the surnames Lineker and Linacre have the same root - the latter? It would seem logical - a place name derivation, such as John from Lin Acre??? Brian Binns Living in Loughborough but born and bred in Nottingham

Hi Brian I don't usually have a great deal of faith in books on surname derivation but on this occasion I agree with Henry Harrisons Surnames of the United Kingdom 1912 Which gives LINEKER = Linacre, q.v. And LINACRE / LINAKER } (Eng. and Scand.) Dweller at the Flax-Field [O.E. lin, flax + acer, field = O.N. lin-akr] OED has flax, n. 1. The plant Linum usitatissimum bearing blue flowers which are succeeded by pods containing the seeds commonly known as linseed. It is cultivated for its textile fibre and for its seeds. And linen, adj. and n. Made of flax. In modern English apprehended chiefly as an attributive use of the n., with the sense: Made of linen. Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) (but made in Leicestershire :-) On 19/08/2013 10:52, Brian Binns wrote: > Just a reminder for those in the UK that this Wednesday's subject of "Who do > you think you are?" is Leicester's own Gary Lineker. I am posting this also > to the Notts list as I have come across the surname Lineker quite frequently > in Notts also. > > > > Would I be correct in assuming that the surnames Lineker and Linacre have > the same root - the latter? It would seem logical - a place name derivation, > such as John from Lin Acre??? > > > > Brian Binns > > Living in Loughborough but born and bred in Nottingham