English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Layland's Farm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Leye 1340 NI
  • Lealands c.1825 O

Etymology

'Land by the clearing' v. leah . The pseudo-genitival s is misleading. Cf. Leyland (La).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement