Lawn's English Origin

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Kevin Hartnett, Thanks for the Lawns, Britain!  Boston Globe, Oct 6, 2013 (in the Ideas section).
http://www.boston.com/ideas/2013 ... 6B9fanWM/story.html

Note:
(a) "Thanks for the Lawn" is the second part of the two-topic text.
(b) Thomas Mickey, American Romance With the English Garden. Ohio University Press, 2013
http://www.ohioswallow.com/book/ ... +the+English+Garden

Please read
* the two-paragraph text right before the description of the author, as well as  
^ the following article in the right column:

Thomas Mickey, 'Downton Abbey's' Lawn Embodies the Classic English Garden. Patriot Ledger, Jan 26, 2013 (op-ed).
http://www.patriotledger.com/ent ... ssic-English-garden
(i) Lancelot "Capability" Brownh
ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_%22Capability%22_Brown
(1716-1783; an English landscape architect)
(ii) Highclere Castle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highclere_Castle
(seat of the Earl of Carnarvon)
(iii) History of Highclere Castle
http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk ... ghclere-castle.html
(iv) Highclere
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highclere
(a village in Hampshire, England)
(v) Carnarvon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnarvon

Carnarvon is the Anglicized form of the Welsh spelling Caernarfon, a town in Wales.


(c) lawn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn

Quote:

The word 'laune' is first attested in 1540, and is likely related to the Celtic Brythonic word lan/llan/laun, which has the meaning of enclosure, often in relation to a place of worship.

"Before the invention of mowing machines in 1830, lawns were managed very differently. They were an element of wealthy estates and manor houses

(i) lawn. Online Etymology Dictionary, undated.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lawn
(ii) lawn (n; Middle English launde, from Anglo-French land, launde wood, unwooded field, of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish lann land — more at LAND; First Known Use: 14th century)
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawn

(d) English landscape garden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Landscape_garden
(section 3 The Anglo-Chinese Garden)