Editing King's Lynn (section)

===Toponymy===
The [[etymology]] of King's Lynn is uncertain. The name ''Lynn'' may signify a [[body of water]] near the town – the Welsh word {{lang|cy|llyn}} means a lake; but the name is plausibly of [[Old English|Anglo-Saxon]] origin, from ''lean'' meaning a [[Tenure (law)|tenure]] in fee or farm.<ref name="regis"/> The 1086 [[Domesday Book]] records it as ''Lun'' and ''Lenn'', and ascribes it to the [[Bishop of Elmham]] and the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].<ref name="regis" /> The Domesday Book also mentions saltings at Lena (Lynn); an area of partitioned pools may have existed there at the time. The presence of salt, which was relatively rare and expensive in the early medieval period, may have added to the interest of [[Herbert de Losinga]] and other prominent Normans in the modest parish.

The town was named ''Len {{lang|la|Episcopi|italic=unset}}'' (Bishop's Lynn) while under the temporal and spiritual jurisdiction of the [[Bishop of Norwich]], but in the reign of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] it was surrendered to the crown and took the name ''Lenne {{lang|la|Regis|italic=unset}}'' or King's Lynn.<ref name="regis"/> However, the town is generally known locally as ''Lynn''.

Other places with Lynn in the name include Dublin, Ireland, with An Dubh Linn meaning “the Black Pool.”  The city of [[Lynn, Massachusetts]], north of [[Boston]], was named in 1637 in honour of its first official minister of religion, Reverend Samuel Whiting Sr, who arrived there from Lynn, Norfolk.<ref name="Whiting_1637">{{Cite web |url=http://www.lynnma.gov/about/history.shtml |title=A BRIEF HISTORY OF LYNN |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=About Lynn |publisher=City of Lynn |access-date=1 December 2021 |quote=When the first official minister, Samuel Whiting, arrived from King's Lynn, England, the new settlers were so excited that they changed the name of their community to Lynn in 1637 in honor of him.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ci.lynn.ma.us/aboutlynn_history.shtml |title=Brief History of Lynn |publisher=Ci.lynn.ma.us |date=30 May 1912 |access-date=9 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829100613/http://www.ci.lynn.ma.us/aboutlynn_history.shtml |archive-date=29 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>