Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Lege 1086 DB

• Lega 12 Sheaf 17 Tab 1209

• Alta Lega 1318 JRL

• Legh 1153–1181 1285 Cl 1260

• Legh iuxta Routhestorn 1295 ChF

• Legh iuxta Uttrington 1296 Plea

• Legh iuxta Lymme 1355 Eyre

• Legh iuxta Mulyngton 1464 CoLegh

• la Legh 1325 Cl

• High Legh 1488 ChRR

• H(i)egh Legh 1493,1495 ib

• Hye Legh 1522 Mere

• Leghe 1293 Ch

• High Leghe 1531 Orm2

• Leh' c.1230 JRC

• Leg' 1245 Chest

• Legth' c.1300 CoLegh

• Leeye c.1220 Tab

• Ley, Leye, Leya 1230,1245,1250 CoLegh

• Lee 1384 ChRR

• Le 1553 Pat

• Hyle c.1536 Leland

• Leigh 1320 JRL

• Heigh Leigh 1602 ChRR

• High Leigh 1635 ib

• Liegh, Lyegh, Leygh 1321 AD

• Leyg' 1328 CoLegh

• (High) leighe 1584 ChRR

• Highe leighe 1590 Orm2

• Heigh leighe 1660 Sheaf

• High Ligh 1515 ChEx

• Highlye 1554 Pat

Etymology

'The glade', v. lēah (dat.sg. lēage ). The affix 'high', (hēah ), distinguishes this place from Little Leigh 115infra . High Legh lies on the crest of a broad ridge at an altitude of 240 feet.