Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wice 1086 DBf.265

• Leftetewych 1278 Ipm

• Leftetewich 1284 CASNSii 1321 AddCh

• Lefted(e)wich 1311 Ipm

• Leftatewych, Leftatewich (lit. Lestatewich) 1350–1400 ChRR 1615

• Lestowhec E1 AddCh

• Left(e)wich(e), Left(e)wych(e), Left(e)wyk, Left(e)wike 1278 IpmR 1284 Tab 1295 Ipm 1296 Plea

• Lestwike 1295 IpmR

• Lostewych, Lostowych, Lostowiche 1331,1381 Tab

• Leftwitch 1352 Orm2

• Lestewytche, Lestewiche 1534 Dugd 1557 Pat

• Lestwich 1610 Speed 1673 Sheaf

• Lyftwich 1458 ChRR

• Leaftwyche 1554 Pat

• Letewich c.1536 Leland

Etymology

'Lēoftǣt's wīc', from the OE  fem. pers.n. Lēoftǣt (ASCharters 375) and wīc, v. also grēne 2 . The spelling of this p.n. is complicated by scribal confusion of s and f , t and c , o and e .