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1324 Charter (in possession of W. Greenwell of Durham) Le Lonnynge quod ducit usque Charlawe.

1370 in W. H. D. Longstaffe & J. Booth Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis (1889) 60 Injunctum est omnibus tenentibus quod faciant les lonyngs.

1475 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 175 Accepand a fre lonyng throw the sayde auche to Glentras as efferis to the town to haf of law.

1502 Will in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 356 Brakan more lonyng.

1597 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 341 To the loning that lyethe betwex Lumley parke paile and Lamb felds.

1610 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1884) I. 199 For not repayring the loning betwene Earbie and West Ronckton.

1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 22 In dark winter neets, i' the lonnins.

1832 Act 2 & 3 William IV c. 65 §5 Any distance to be measured along any street, lane, or loaning.

1849 F. T. Dinsdale Gloss. Teesdale 81 It's a lang lonnin that has nivver a turn.

1862 J. McCosh Supernat. i. v. 92 We steal away thro' some green loaning.

1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister 114 Leaning on the gate at the head of the loaning.

1896 F. M. T. Palsgrave List Words & Phrases Hetton-le-Hole 29 Lonning, ‘laning’, i.e. lane... ‘We find swiney up Mousely (Moorsley) lonen.’—Extract from boy's essay on Wild Flowers.

1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Apr. 243/2 This is for those whose feet leave the road at the first chance and strike up through lonnins and intakes to untrodden ground.

1971 Country Life 9 Sept. 630/1 We came to the lonnin that turns away from the river and leads beside the church towards the dale road.