Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Lege 1086 DB

• Leia 1199–1216 Orm2

• Legha e13 1666 ib

• Legh 1295 Ipm 1724 NotCestr

• Leghth 1344 MinAcct

• Leghe, Lee, Leigh 1486 BodlCh 1585 ChRR

• Leghe in hundred' de Halton e13 1666 Ipm 1295 VR 1350 Clif 1475

• Leghe iuxta Berterton 1344 MinAcct

• Leigh iuxta Bartington 1860 White

• Leghe iuxta Halton, Lee iuxta Halton 1393 Orm2

• Leghe iuxta Dutton, Lee iuxta Dutton, Leigh iuxta Dutton 1406 ChRR 1471 1429,1504,1536,1585 ib

• Leigh near Acton Brygge 1486 BodlCh

• Leigh iuxta Acton 1500,1511 Plea

• Little Legh 1666 Orm2 1724 NotCestr

• Little Leigh 1831 Bry

Etymology

'The wood or clearing', v. lēah . The affix lȳtel 'little', distinguishes this from High Legh 45supra , as do the references to Halton Hundred , Bartington, Dutton 2, 106, 112supra , Acton, Halton 325, 166infra , Acton Bridge infra .